A 22-year-old man has been jailed for 12 months after he randomly waved around a 16-inch knife in a packed bar.

A woman suffered cuts to both her hands after she raised her arms to protect herself during the attack by Anthony Booth, of Radcliffe Road, Bolton, on December 13 last year.

Booth had been thrown out of the Levers Arms, in Darcy Lever, by the landlord half an hour earlier after starting an argument with a female customer.

Bolton Crown Court heard that Booth, who was drunk, went home, armed himself with a 16-inch and a 12-inch kitchen knife, and went back to the pub.

Among those in the pub was Fiona Cullen.

Prosecutor Philip Parry said: "At around 10.30pm, she noticed Booth arguing with a woman and the landlord asked him to leave. When he refused, he was forcibly ejected.

"Thirty minutes later, Miss Cullen saw him come back. She saw he was wielding a 16-inch knife and waving it around as he walked through the pub.

"She thought he was coming towards her and put her arms up to protect herself, thinking she was about to be attacked.

"She suffered cuts to her fingers and both her hands. The defendant backed away and then appeared to come towards her again."

Mr Parry said Miss Cullen's boyfriend smashed his glass in Booth's face to protect them both.

"Several people tried to detain him but he ran away, dropping the knife and his coat," he said. "A second knife, 12 inches long, was found in his coat.

"Miss Cullen needed five stitches to one hand and butterfly stitches to the other. She still suffers pain and discomfort."

The court heard Booth handed himself into the police on April 13 and was formally charged.

He pleaded guilty to Section 20 wounding and possession of two offensive weapons at a hearing earlier this month.

Sentencing him at Bolton Crown Court, Judge Derwin Hope said: "It was a clearly deliberate attack, in revenge and to achieve status after you were thrown out of the pub.

"You were fuelled with drink and entered this pub where many people were gathered, brandishing a knife in a dangerous way in close proximity to people."

Wayne Jackson, defending, said Booth had no previous convictions. He added: "Mercifully, Miss Cullen's injuries are not the most significant wounds. He has never been in trouble before and this was out of character."