Mum smashed pint glass over ex-boyfriend after he threw drink on puppy

A woman smashed a pint glass over her ex-boyfriend’s head after a heated row in a Warrington pub.

Linda Lee Gresley-Jones, 48, threw her drink over her ex-partner Lee Fairhurst and hit him with the glass at the Lower Angel pub in Buttermarket Street, Warrington, on July 15, 2023. The pair she had been involved in a bitter argument. , in which Fairhurst first threw his own drink on Gresley-Jones and a puppy he had picked up for a friend.

Fairhurst then turned to leave and as he walked away, Gresley-Jones was seen smashing the glass on the back of his head, causing a three-inch gash. A pub customer who witnessed the attack said the mother-of-seven then “looked panicked” as she said: “I didn’t mean to do that”.

READ MORE: These are the faces of 49 Merseyside criminals who were jailed in May

READ MORE: ‘Victorian’ disease is on the rise in Liverpool as the city sees the biggest increase in England

She appeared at Liverpool Crown Court today where she pleaded guilty to grievous bodily harm.

It was heard that Gresley-Jones, who has 28 previous convictions for 69 offences, was on police bail at the time of the incident after attacking a 14-year-old girl who she believed had intimidated her daughter – an offense for which she later received a suspended sentence.

Graham Roberts, defending, described the incident as “a spontaneous act following a rather provocative act by Lee Fairhurst”. He said: “She has admitted that what she is admitting to is a very serious offence. He knows what he did was wrong and he is rightly and deeply and sincerely ashamed of acting in this way.

“She is a woman who has spent her life dealing with various problems and challenges, and now she is making a very enthusiastic attempt to rehabilitate herself. She grew angry about what happened to her and this manifested in anger management issues. He grew up in a culture where dishonesty was rampant while people took care of themselves.

“She self-medicates with alcohol. This caused him health problems. She lost her children to care and contributed to crime.”

He said Gresley-Jones had undergone alcohol detoxification at the Pathways To Recovery addiction rehabilitation center in Warrington and she had recently received a job offer for secretarial work.

The judge, Miss Recorder TV Griffiths, said she was “sceptical” about Gresley-Jones’ promise to find work as she had “never worked in her life” but the claims were supported by the future her employer.

Miss Griffiths said: “It is said that you had a difficult upbringing which led to a chaotic lifestyle. It looks like all seven of your children have been taken from you. You have anger issues and are impulsive. I have no doubt that this offense was committed impulsively during an argument with your ex-partner in which he was behaving provocatively.’

She sentenced Gresley-Jones, of Ullswater Avenue in Warrington, to nine months in prison, suspended for two years. This will run alongside her existing suspended sentence for assaulting the 14-year-old.

Encouraging Gresley-Jones not to let her future employer down, she said: “It’s a good chance. Take one. You won’t get another one.”