A NURSE was left with life-long scars after being attacked in a Wrexham bar with a gin glass.

Hollie Belfield, of Penley Hall Drive, Penley, was spared immediate custody after being given a suspended sentence for unlawful wounding at Caernarfon Crown Court today, October 14.

Prosecuting, Brian Treadwell told the court the victim had never met her 20-year-old attacker prior to the evening on October 11, 2019, when the incident took place in Wrexham’s Ironworks bar on Town Hill shortly after midnight.

Belfield’s ex-partner was said to now be in a relationship with the victim.

CCTV footage captured the moment where Belfield approached her victim on the dancefloor whilst armed with a gin glass.

The court heard how Belfield began shouting verbal abuse at the victim - calling her a ‘desperate sl*g’ and ‘sl*t’ - before slapping her across the face.

In an attempt to break away from the attack, Belfield’s victim used her hands to push her away but was struck with the gin glass on her chest.

Security intervened and Belfield’s victim was taken to be checked over by medics who said she needed surgery for the wounds sustained in the attack.

During a later police interview, Belfield offered no comment.

Defending, Maria Masellis said she could offer little in the way of mitigation and stressed on behalf of her client the remorse that Belfield feels for the incident.

Handing a suspended sentence of two years to Belfield as she wept in the dock, Judge Nicola Jones said that her actions had ‘ripped this woman’s life apart’.

She said: “Your victim still requires further treatment and surgeries in relation to the scarring - some of this is not available on the NHS and she has had to fund that herself through a payment plan.”

Judge Jones went on to say the impact of the attack on its victim was ‘nothing short of horrific’.

She said: “It has affected her work because she was treated in the hospital where she works and she felt great shame that the people who she classed as workmates had to care for her in these circumstances.

“It has also affected her socialising for obvious reasons”, the judge adds.

“Regardless of surgery, the scarring will be with her for life and that clearly has impacted upon her. She is a very attractive, young woman who takes pride in her appearance and for the rest of her life she will have to work around the scarring on her body.”

“She’s still frightened of you”, the judge tells Belfield, adding that the victim is worried about going into Wrexham over fears of what might happened to her.

Judge Jones explains that Belfield’s ‘blameless’ victim suffers with depression and anxiety as a result of the incident.

In judgement, it was deemed that Belfield would be capable of community rehabilitation and prison would not be of benefit following the ‘isolated incident’.

She was ordered to complete a total of 300 hours unpaid work and was ordered to pay £6,695 to the victim to help fund medical expenses that are not already covered by the NHS.