A MAN who smashed a bottle over the head of a reveller in a Dundee nightclub has been jailed.
Charles Smith, 21, of Corso Street, was locked up for nine months by Sheriff Alastair Brown at Dundee Sheriff Court.
The court heard Smith was on a boozy night out in Liquid nightclub, South Ward Road, when he bumped into a female patron.
Smith became aggressive and Jack Tough — who simply happened to be nearby — asked him to calm down. However Smith reacted by hitting Mr Tough on the head with a bottle, injuring him.
Solicitor Anika Jethwa said: “He knows alcohol is no excuse. Attempts have been made to remedy his actions.”
Smith admitted assaulting Mr Tough by striking him on the head with a bottle to his injury at the nightclub on September 6 last year.
Sheriff Brown said: “You bumped into a lady in a nightclub and when the complainer asked you to calm down, you hit him on the head with a bottle.
“This happened in a licenced premises. You used a weapon and you have a previous conviction for assault to injury.
“The harm you caused was much less than it could have been and that was highly fortunate.”
On top of the jail sentence, Smith was also banned from attending Liquid nightclub for two years.
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