Man 'glassed' in the face during row outside Blackburn pub

5:10pm Sunday 23rd December 2012 in Blackburn Photograph of the Author By Lisa Woodhouse, Assistant picture editor

POLICE were called to the Brownhill Arms in Blackburn on ‘Mad Friday’ after reports that a man had been 'glassed' in the face.

DS Mark Saunders at Blackburn CID said: “The victim, from Blackburn, had been drinking inside the pub with a friend when he got into an argument with a group of people at around 1.15am on the Saturday morning.

“The argument moved outside where the 38-year-old was knocked to the ground and someone hit him around the side of the head with what is believed to be a pint glass.

“It is unclear whether the glass smashed, but he received cuts to his temple, which will probably have needed stitches. He was taken to the Royal Blackburn Hospital for treatment.”

It is understood the man is now out of hospital and police are appealing for witnesses who saw the incident to come forward.

Police can be contacted on 101, or by calling Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

Comments(11)

BeardwoodB says...
6:27pm Sun 23 Dec 12

No shock there really.
Beer + tools = complete waste of tax payers brass.

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prince of darkness says...
7:09pm Sun 23 Dec 12

East Lancashire expert warns on dangers of drink-fuelled violence. So it starts hope the guy is ok. Nice start to Xmas for their family.

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noddy57 says...
12:33am Mon 24 Dec 12

what do you expect, its modern lowlife,

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Gaz M says...
9:51am Mon 24 Dec 12

I hope the lads not too badly scarred and enjoys the rest of christmas A big man glassing someone in the face whilst he was on his back hope someone shops the coward.

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mavrick says...
1:24pm Mon 24 Dec 12

It certainly strengthens the argument for plastic glasses in all drinking establishments. The media could help by dumbing down the headline of mad Friday.

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hairy mary says...
12:01pm Tue 25 Dec 12

im sorry but i disaggree i dont like drinking out of plastic i prefer glass, why not make them unbreakable

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alfa111 says...
1:24pm Tue 25 Dec 12

Shouldn't be to hard to ID these people out side the brown hill arms as there are security cameras pointing out side to catch any incidents,and were was the bigfella running the pub? im sure he will have at least ID who ever was involved .

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phil kernot says...
4:27pm Tue 25 Dec 12

This is nowt compared to what happened outside last orders at 5.30pm on Friday night . Gang of Asian youths ran past smashing windows with bottles then attached teenage white youths with bottles close to the railway station for no reason , roads were closed off and police were everywhere , ( the editor of the lancashire evening telegraph needs to report it how it is to protect the public , then witness will come forward and threes animals will face justice , think its time we had another local paper ,reporting the truth not like watered down Lancashire evening telegraph that has no back bone :(

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slimitus says...
3:58pm Wed 26 Dec 12

hairy mary wrote:
im sorry but i disaggree i dont like drinking out of plastic i prefer glass, why not make them unbreakable
Seriously? I swear sometimes, i don't want to live on this planet anymore.

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Elsie C says...
9:57am Thu 27 Dec 12

Scum - the lots of them. A bullet to the head would sort it.

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thoroughbred says...
10:46pm Fri 28 Dec 12

this town is as close to hell as you can get, chavs, thugs, terrorists and we allow people from thousands of miles away to wreck out traditions and institutions, our churches, our pubs, our shops and our football team, all gone, cos we've allowed it! and we will continue to allow it, cos we're all just gobby, keyboard warriors, cooped up in the safety of our homes, cos we daren't **** well venture out! We're finished...end of!

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