A thug threw scalding hot coffee at a shop worker in a drunken rampage.
Alan Underwood left Diane McConnell in “excruciating pain” and with burns to her neck after the vicious assault in Prescot last year. Liverpool Crown Court heard yesterday that the 40-year-old had been drinking heavily when he went into Dunnes newsagents on Shaw Lane on the evening of October 13.
Martine Snowdon, prosecuting, said Ms McConnell, who was working in the shop at the time, noticed he put down a £10 note and tried to get his attention so he wouldn’t forget it. She said he quickly became angry and abusive, accusing Ms McConnell of watching him and staring at him.
