A mum who glassed her next-door neighbour in an argument over their daughters was jailed for 20 months.
Tanya Case-Webb hit Zoe Taylor with a broken tumbler which left her victim needing three stitches for a cut on her forehead.
Liverpool Crown Court heard how Case-Webb, 27, of Baden Road, Old Swan, later told police her victim “deserved to be glassed”.
Kate Morley, prosecuting, said the pair had been friends and their young daughters often played together.
However, Ms Taylor said Case-Webb began asking her for money, cigarettes and food in June last year, so she distanced herself from the defendant.
Ms Morley said the victim became then became aware of bad feeling between Case-Webb and a woman called Chelsea Blackman.
The court heard they argued on Facebook about Ms Blackman, with both accusing the other of interfering.
The victim took her daughter to school on July 3 and came home just after 9am to see the defendant outside with her child.
Ms Blackman was also present and when Case-Webb went inside they heard the sound of glass smashing.
‘Police found the broken tumbler covered in blood’
Case-Webb came back out and another neighbour said he saw both women run at each other.
Ms Morley said a scuffle broke out and blows were exchanged as they rolled on the ground until they were separated.
A neighbour said Ms Taylor had “blood spurting out of her head” and Case-Webb had a broken glass tumbler in her right hand.
When police searched her home they found the broken tumbler covered in blood.
Ms Morley said: “She initially said the complainant deserved to be glassed but had said it was not intentional.”
Ms Taylor, who underwent treatment at hospital, said she now suffers from anxiety and is afraid in groups of people.
Case-Webb, who has no previous convictions, admitted unlawful wounding.
She pleaded guilty on the basis that Ms Blackman’s brother, Jack Blackman, had come to her house the day before and threatened to snap her jaw, in front of her daughter.
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Case-Webb said she smashed the glass to try and scare Ms Blackman and Ms Taylor away, but admitted using it in the fight.
Rachel Oakdene, defending, said there was “a level of provocation” and Case-Webb felt her daughter was being excluded by her neighbour.
She said threats had been made against her client, which led to her acting out of fear.
Ms Oakdene said: “The defendant deeply regrets her conduct. She is ashamed.”
She said Case-Webb had moved home, changed her daughter’s school and was seeking help for problems including depression and cocaine abuse.
Judge Anil Murray said Case-Webb took the broken glass into the fight and used it as a weapon to cause “a nasty wound”.
He accepted there was provocation but said the offence was so serious that Case-Webb must go to jail.
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