An Edinburgh hairdresser has been ordered to pay £500 in compensation to a woman she attacked with a glass and left needing facial stitches.
Ashleigh Drysdale was ordered to pay the compensation to 20-year-old Lisa Golder, and was also ordered to carry out 80 hours of community service.
Ms Golder needed eight stitches in her face after she became involved in a fight in an Edinburgh nightclub on January 31. Edinburgh Sheriff Court heard that the two women had started arguing following an incident on the dance floor of the club.
Ms Drysdale took exception to Ms Golder bumping into her friend, the women started an argument and Ms Drysdale deliberately threw the contents of her glass at Ms Golder’s face. However, the glass also hit her. Ms Golder was left bleeding profusely and had to be rushed to the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. She had to have eight stitches in her face.
Defence solicitor Cameron Tait said Ms Drysdale had only been 16 at the time of the incident and had been drinking, although he admitted that as she was underage, she should not have been drinking or on licensed premises.
He added that she had been very upset when she saw the photographs of Ms Golder’s injury and had gone on to express a great deal of remorse, as well as offering to pay her victim compensation.
