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Wednesday, October 17, 2012
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'JEALOUS' wife Natasha How glassed a woman in the face for chatting to her husband, a court heard.

The 30-year-old hit Amy Flook in The Registry, in Gloucester, scarring her for life.

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    Gloucester Crown Court

Judge William Hart warned How, of Barge Arm East, the starting point for sentencing is six years in prison.

She admitted unlawfully wounding Ms Flook but denied any intent to cause grievous bodily harm. But the jury at Gloucester Crown Court took just 30 minutes to find her guilty.

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The court heard the accounts manager was in ' a fit of rage and jealousy' when she launched the attack in the Bruton Way bar, on January 21.

Julian Kesner, prosecuting, said: "The defendant attacked a woman she had never seen before in her life just because she happened to talk to the defendant's husband.

"She thrust a glass into Ms Flook's face and then further assaulted her on the ground.

"We say it was a deliberate attack fuelled by alcohol, rage and jealousy which has left a young woman scarred for life."

He said Ms Flook, who was with a friend, spoke to How's husband and had 'barely exchanged three to four sentences' before she was glassed.

"The defendant launched herself with a glass in her hand at Miss Flook. She pushed the glass into her face. Instead of stopping there, she followed it up with punches, kicks and hair pulling while Ms Flook was on the ground."

Mr Kesner said she suffered two wounds of 1.5cm each on her left cheek. She also had a small wound on her left eyebrow as well as scratches.

In evidence, How said she was "quite intoxicated" after drinking vodka and Champagne and she had only a hazy recollection of the night.

"I saw somebody talking to my husband who I obviously felt at the time was a bit overly friendly and I over-reacted to that," she said.

Her solicitor Joe Maloney asked her if she had intended to wound Ms Flook but she said she wanted only to "get her out of the way".

Asked how she felt about the injuries she had caused she said "awful".

After the hearing, Richard Payne, manager of Zest, in Eastgate Street, said it was a good example of why he was campaigning for plastic glasses in bars.

"It just makes sense as people do get drunk and sometimes do things they shouldn't," he said.

"This kind of thing is rare, we had a bottling in our club recently and it was the first in 12 years. But when it does happen it can ruin lives and in this case scar them for life."

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    by softtabor

    Friday, October 19 2012, 12:10PM

    “I can see "judge" Hart handing out a very stiff sentence for this one...... a suspended sentence or even community punishment for 80 hours. He's gonna get tough on her but she's only got herself to blame.”

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    by softtabor

    Friday, October 19 2012, 12:08PM

    “I can see "judge"”

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    by bonzaharris1

    Thursday, October 18 2012, 10:27PM

    “No Becky, read what I said properly, I said too many people end up in a violent drunken brawl, I was generalising not stating that Natasha was guilty of that. As for Matthew Edmonds who ended up in a wheelchair due to one punch. Samuel Evans who was guilty of that crime, should have gone down for a lot longer, but sentencing laws didn't allow it. This is where the what ifs come in. What if Matthew Edmonds hadn't cracked his head and had not been left paralysed. But he was, and Natasha should count herself lucky that the result of her actions were not a lot worse. Life can often be a case of, there by the grace of god. I believe the reason why Samuel Evans got off so lightly is because he did not use a weapon as such, Natasha did. Its all a load of balls, but sadly its the law. If Evans was charged with the impact that he had on Matthew Edmonds life, rather than he punched him with disastrous results, then a more appropriate sentence could have been passed.”

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    by becky22

    Thursday, October 18 2012, 9:08PM

    “Whether I am a friend or not is irrelevant, yes what she did was wrong but to called a nutter when you don't know someone is unfair! She has affected a girls life but isn't ruined, unlike the guy who punched some bloke that hard he's ended up in a wheelchair, his life to him would be ruined, I'm not condoning it but totally different stories yet he got off extremly rightly if I read the story correctly. You can what if all you like the fact is it didn't happen! You are making out she has done this many times before drunk therefore obviously can't handle herself when drinking, totally wrong!! Too many people make accusations in life!”

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    by bonzaharris1

    Thursday, October 18 2012, 8:48PM

    “Becky, she should be thankfull they didn't happen, life is often about what ifs. She is clearly your friend, and your are standing by her, nothing wrong about that she will need her friends and family right now. No perhaps she is not a nasty person as a rule, but she broke the law and she will pay the price. Fact is, she has ruined her life as well as Amy Flooks. Whether I am judging her, well maybe. But as I see it, we all make choices in life, and we have to live by them. I am 55, and in my 20's 30' and 40's, I was often up town on the weekends as drunk as a skunk. But I never got violent when I was drunk, and never got into trouble. If I had a problem keeping a lid on my temper after a few. Well I would like to think that in the cold light of day, I would avoid drink to avoid trouble. Too many people these days, end up in a violent drunken brawl, and think they can excuse themselves by saying they had too much to drink, Well its not an excuse, and the the answer is, don't drink.”

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    by becky22

    Thursday, October 18 2012, 8:35PM

    “You clearly are judging her! Well u can say what if about a lot of things but that didn't happen so why even say it?! Yes she deserves to be punished but you weren't there you are simply going on media and like craigham1987 that's ridiculous we all know whatthe media is like!”

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    by bonzaharris1

    Thursday, October 18 2012, 8:15PM

    “I didn't punch, just pulled her hair, and I had damn good reason to, I knew this woman. I knew that she was the pub bike and had screwed her way around all the men in the pub who were willing. Natasha, it is reported, did NOT know Amy Flook, all Amy did was talk to her husband. Women talk to my husband too, they are quite welcome too, he hasn't got property of bonazaharris tattooed on his backside. Also I trust him implicitly, unlike his predecessor, and I have some modicom of self control, drunk or sober. That night I was drunk, and that woman was not just talking to my then husband. You do not seem to understand, if that glass had caught Amy in the throat and severed an artery, she could have bled to death. If that had happened, Natasha would be facing life for murder. I don't think that because she forgot she had a glass in her hand would count as much of a defence. What she intended to do and what happened maybe two different things altogether. There was no excuse for her actions, Amy Flook did nothing wrong. Natasha broke the law, has scarred Amy for life, now she has to take responsibilty for her actions. You may be her friend or relative, you are entitled to stand by her, we don't have to judge her, Judge Hart will do that for us.”

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    by becky22

    Thursday, October 18 2012, 7:43PM

    “Natasha didn't intend to scar her, she threw what she had in her hand. Ok sorry so if she had just punched her and pulled her hair then it would of been ok, she didn't think oh ill glass her, she didn't think at all that's whole point but its very easy to sit and say oh I wouldn't of done that but if you'd have consumed a lot of alcohol u do things you would never of done otherwise!! -no excuse but its the truth, she isn't a dangerous and nasty person, there are people in the community far more dangerous than her walking the streets!”

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    by Craigham1987

    Thursday, October 18 2012, 7:40PM

    “Just so you you all know Natasha was trying to punch Amy but being drunk forgot about the glass in her hand from which she was drinking. To say she deliberately glassed her is incorrect, she cause Amy terrible injury because she had forgotten about the glass in her hand. I know that does not make what she did right but perhaps it will stop people calling her a nutter as they clearly do not have all the fact but are relying on local media for accurate info which I quite frankly find a joke!”

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    by bonzaharris1

    Thursday, October 18 2012, 7:18PM

    “Becky22, you say it was a moment of madness and a lot of people would have done the same. Um no they would not have done. According to the newspaper report, this was a women she did not know, who exchanged a few sentences with her husband. That is not normal behaviour, what is totally inacceptable is that rather than just have a verbal exchange with her, she glassed Amy Flook, and scarred her for life, if that is not the action of a nutter don't know what is !! I caught my first husband in the mens toilets at what was then our local, with the woman I suspected him of an affair with, and he wasn't just passing the time of day with her either. Yes I had a good go at tearing her hair out, quite literally, but glassing her, no even after a few glasses of wine and being pretty bl**dy angry I would never have even thought about that.”

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