A first-time offender will not serve any extra jail time for a nightclub ‘glassing’ assault, despite an appeal by prosecutors which raised “significant issues”.

The Court of Appeal has reserved judgment on whether to return a young, first-time offender to jail for a nightclub glass assault, following an “undue leniency” appeal by prosecutors which raised “significant issues”.

A young man’s right eyeball was lacerated in a glass attack on a Christmas night out. Yesterday the assailant was sentenced to three years in prison, with the last two years suspended.

A young man’s right eyeball was lacerated when a man struck him with a glass on a Christmas night out. The assailant was remanded in custody yesterday for sentencing on December 15.