Calendar An icon of a desk calendar. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Email An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Google An icon of the Google "G" mark. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Logout An icon representing logout. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Tick An icon of a tick mark. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Quote Mark A opening quote mark. Quote Mark A closing quote mark. Arrow An icon of an arrow. Folder An icon of a paper folder. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Caret An icon of a caret arrow. Clock An icon of a clock face. Close An icon of the an X shape. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Ellipsis An icon of 3 horizontal dots. Envelope An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Home An icon of a house. Instagram An icon of the Instagram logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Menu An icon of 3 horizontal lines. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Rating An icon of a star. Tag An icon of a tag. Twitter An icon of the Twitter logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Information An icon of an information logo. Plus A mathematical 'plus' symbol. Duration An icon indicating Time. Success Tick An icon of a green tick. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Facebook Messenger An icon of the facebook messenger app logo. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the Twitter app logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. WhatsApp Messenger An icon of the Whatsapp messenger app logo. Email An icon of an mail envelope. Copy link A decentered black square over a white square.

Woman’s eye removed after boyfriend’s ‘devastating’ glass attack in Dunfermline bar

Alastair Lindsay appeared at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court.
Alastair Lindsay appeared at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court.

A woman had to have an eye removed after her then-boyfriend smashed a pint glass into her face at a Dunfermline bar.

Alastair Lindsay admitted assaulting Zara Sutherland to her severe injury, permanent disfigurement and impairment and to the danger of her life at East Port Bar on April 21 2019.

The 38-year-old had joined Ms Sutherland and her friends in Edinburgh before the group got a taxi back to Fife.

The group resumed drinking at East Port Bar but things took a turn for the worse when Ms Sutherland poured the contents of her drink over Lindsay.

Lindsay’s retaliation left his now former partner in need of life-changing surgery.

Eye glass attack Dunfermline
The attack took place in East Port Bar in Dunfermline.

He pled guilty to lunging towards Ms Sutherland, striking her on the head with a glass.

The full pint glass clutched by Lindsay, of the town’s Pittencrieff Street, smashed on impact, leaving her with a laceration on her left eye.

He quickly fled the pub, having been advised by a friend to leave before police arrived.

Lacerated eyeball

Staff at the bar immediately phoned for an ambulance and Ms Sutherland was rushed to hospital.

A CT scan showed she had sustained wounds to her nasal bridge and a laceration on her eyeball, near to her optic nerve.

She was placed under general anaesthetic and operated on for three hours.

The injury is devastating.”

Sheriff James Williamson

Ms Sutherland later had to get the eye removed and has been left with scars near her eye.

Lindsay later told police he had not wanted to hit his then-girlfriend with the glass, but rather pour its contents over her.

At Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court on Tuesday, Sheriff James Williamson told Lindsay: “The injury is devastating.

“You shouldn’t rule out a custodial sentence.”

The sheriff deferred sentencing until June 29 to allow reports to be completed.