A woman who scarred a former boyfriend with a glass has been given a 12-month suspended prison sentence by a judge.

Viki Brittain hit ex-partner Daniel Hoey in the face with the glass after she had poured a pint over his head during an incident at Cookies Bar in Halifax last December.

Prosecutor Howard Shaw said Mr Hoey had ended his relationship with 36-year-old Brittain about four months earlier due to her behaviour towards him and he had not wanted to speak to her in the pub.

After having the drink poured over him Mr Hoey had flicked some of his drink at Brittain and she then struck him in the face with her glass.

Mr Shaw said the glass broke on impact causing wounds to Mr Hoey’s forehead and nose.

He said the wound to Mr Hoey’s nose required nine stitches while the cut to his forehead was glued.

Mr Shaw confirmed that there was some permanent scarring caused to Mr Hoey, but it was not as severe as first anticipated.

Brittain, of Dodds Royd, Berry Brow, had no previous convictions but Bradford Crown Court heard that she did have a caution for common assault on a previous boyfriend.

Brittain was originally charged with wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm, but the prosecution accepted her guilty plea to the lesser offence of unlawful wounding.

Judge Peter Benson was told that there had been no further problems since the incident and he imposed an indefinite restraining order on Brittain which bans her from contacting Mr Hoey.

The judge said the case crossed the custody threshold because of the scarring and the fact that the trouble was instigated by Brittain in a public house.

But he told Brittain that he could suspend the prison term for two years and would also order her to do 150 hours unpaid work for the community.

“This was a serious offence,” the judge told her.

“People who use violence in a public house that results in a wound must expect to face a custodial sentence.

“In the circumstances though, given that you haven’t previously been convicted of any violence and there has been no trouble since, it seems to me that while it inevitably merits a custodial sentence I can suspend the operation of that sentence for a period.”

Brittain will also have to take part in a medium-level activity requirement for 30 sessions.