A man who repeatedly hit a woman in the face told a court he reacted after she threw a beer glass which cut him below his eye. Ainsley White, who was not represented in court, showed the judge a photograph of his face he had taken after the incident.
White, 37, who had spent the afternoon and evening drinking with the victim, also told Liverpool Crown Court: "I didn't go out looking for trouble, I don't do that. I am very very remorseful."
After police were called to the scene, the Looking Glass pub in St Helens, White was found at a nearby Asda store 'intoxicated and shouting he had been glassed,' said Stuart Mills, prosecuting. He was arrested and although he was initially calm his behaviour changed and began kicking the interior of a police car and was screaming and threatening officers who sent for a police van.
