This is the face of a jealous Southport woman who left her love rival with permanent blurred vision after smashing a stiletto heel into her eye.
Julie Green, 46, battered defenceless Amy Urquhart as she cowered on the floor before striking her with the shoe in Lord Street, Southport.
Green, of Meadow Lane, was jailed for two-and-a-half years at Liverpool Crown Court while her friend and co-accused Carly Rendell, 26, of Ervington in Skelmersdale, was locked up for 18 months.
Green pleaded guilty to wounding without intent and common assault, while Rendell admitted assault occasioning actual bodily harm and common assault.
Lee Bonner, prosecuting, told the court the incident began when Miss Urquhart and her partner Stephen McLoughlin were verbally abused at the Fox and Goose pub, in Cable Street, on March 8 last year.
He said: “The two complainants were in a relationship. The defendant Julie Green was Mr McLoughlin’s ex-partner, having split around two weeks before the incident, after being together three years.”
The court heard Green approached and accused Mr McLoughlin of owing her money, before telling Miss Urquhart: “You don’t know him, I was with him for three years you stupid f****** b****.”
The groups were separated by bouncers but met up again outside.
Mr Bonner said Miss Urquhart had removed her stilletos to avoid falling over when Green first launched her attack.
He told the court: “Mrs Urquhart looked up to see Green holding one of her stilettos in her hand. Green then struck her in the face with the heel of the shoe, striking her a number of times.
“On one occasion the heel of the shoe connected with Miss Urquhart in the eye, causing it to close up so she could not open it.”
The attack eventually stopped after Rendell pulled Green away, shouting: “Come on that’s enough, there’s cameras.”
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