A YOUNG woman says her face has been transformed forever - after she was glassed in the face by a Newport beautician.
Carer Abbie Watson, 22, was on a night out with her boyfriend when she was left in a pool of her own blood.
Abbie Watson after the attack
Ms Watson was smashed in the face with a glass by beautician Demi Marshall, 26, who was later jailed for six years.
Ms Watson said her boyfriend James Glasby, 23, lost his wallet on a night out in the pub when they asked Marshall if she had seen it.
But Marshall saw red - and smashed a glass on Ms Watson's nose before thrusting the jagged edged into her cheeks.
Demi Marshall
Ms Watson said: "Her reaction was explosive. She was screaming at me and just lost it.
"I turned around to confront her but in that same moment she lunged at me and jabbed at my face with a smashed wine glass.
"She had whacked her glass on the bar to break it and in a split second had thrust it into my cheek and dragged it down.
"My boyfriend was distraught he was trying to tell me it would be okay but I could see how scared he was.
"When my mum saw my face she just screamed I'll never forget it."
Ms Watson needed two blood transfusions and an operation to close the wound in her face.
Ms Watson before the attack
In total she had 65 stitches and has been left with zig-zag scars.
Marshall fled the scene shortly after the attack but police found her two days later hiding behind a washing machine at a friends house.
She was arrested and denied grevious bodily harm at Newport Crown Court but was found guilty by a jury.
Ms Watson, from Rhondda Cynon Taf, where the incident occurred, said: "Demi was given six years in prison but she'll only serve three.
"It's not enough for the terrible trauma I've suffered.
"I didn't look in a mirror or go outside my front door for three months.
"I'm 22 and I'm on anti depressants, I'm too scared to go out alone, I don't want to go back to work yet.
"It feels like my life is over."
Recorder David Elias QC told Marshall: "What you did caused terrible facial injuries. Being scarred at all is bad enough, but being scarred in that way to the face means there is a constant reminder of what happened.
"Causing these sorts of injuries, with these consequences, must be met with the proper sentence.”
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