Prison for thug who hit out with pint glass

Bolton Crown Court was told that Michael McKewon claimed he had forgotten he was holding the glass when he hit out.

McKewon had been drinking inside the Astley and Tyldesley Miners' Club when Craig Hardman approached him. He spoke to McKewon about a previous problem and asked him to go outside to sort out the dispute.

McKewon said Hardman headbutted him and he punched him in self-defence, forgetting he was holding a glass pint pot in his hand.

Hardman began to bleed heavily and was taken to hospital where he was treated for cuts.

Yesterday, McKewon, aged 21, of Garston Avenue, Atherton, appeared for sentence for unlawful wounding.

Feared

Judge John Roberts said that anyone who used a glass as a weapon could expect a custodial sentence. Paul McDonald, prosecuting, said Hardman said he feared McKewon was going to attack him and pushed him away but then McKewon punched him in the head with the glass.

When interviewed by police, McKewon said he had been headbutted by Hardman and had only stuck up for himself. He admitted hitting him with the glass but said it was not intentional.

The court heard he had a previous record and had been sent to a young offenders institution for affray and had also been jailed for 30 months for robbery. Mark Smith, defending, said McKewon had acted under provocation and in self-defence. A MAN who struck another in the head with a pint glass has been jailed for 15 months. The court was told that Michael McKewon claimed he had forgotten he was holding the glass when he hit out.

McKewon had been drinking inside the Astley and Tyldesley Miners' Club when Craig Hardman approached him. He spoke to McKewon about a previous problem and asked him to go outside to sort out the dispute.

McKewon said Hardman headbutted him and he punched him in self-defence, forgetting he was holding a glass pint pot in his hand.

Hardman began to bleed heavily and was taken to hospital where he was treated for cuts.

Yesterday, McKewon, aged 21, of Garston Avenue, Atherton, appeared at Bolton Crown Court for sentence for unlawful wounding.

Feared

Judge John Roberts said that anyone who used a glass as a weapon could expect a custodial sentence. Paul McDonald, prosecuting, said Hardman said he feared McKewon was going to attack him and pushed him away but then McKewon punched him in the head with the glass.

When interviewed by police, McKewon said he had been headbutted by Hardman and had only stuck up for himself. He admitted hitting him with the glass but said it was not intentional.

The court heard he had a previous record and had been sent to a young offenders institution for affray and had also been jailed for 30 months for robbery. Mark Smith, defending, said McKewon had acted under provocation and in self-defence.