A woman was blinded in one eye when her sister's fiancé hurled a vase at her during a drunken outburst at a family party.
The woman suffered life-changing injuries and scarring to her face when Paul Reid, 47, threw the ornament at her in July 2020, a court heard.
Courageously speaking out about the attack, the woman said: "He has stolen my femininity."
Devastatingly, she will never see out of her left eye again after the horrifying attack in Chorley, Lancs Live reports.
Prosecutor, Kim Obrusik, told Preston Crown Court that Reid had been in a relationship with the woman's sister for 17 years and was treated as a member of the family.
On July 26, 2020, Reid and his partner hosted a party at their home in Chorley but his victim, who lived next door, stayed at home with her parents.
At around midnight, Reid came to the door and invited the family members over. The atmosphere was OK but her parents decided to leave when Reid, who was "drunk and boisterous" dropped his trousers "in a jokey manner", Obrusik said.
"The defendant flipped and came in shouting, 'what the f*** is all this Black Lives Matter about?' He was ranting about the music which was playing, which was Prince, calling him a paedophile."
The woman, her younger brother and nephew left the party but as they walked away they heard a row in which their sister told Reid he had ruined the evening.
They returned to the house but when the woman told Reid "enough", he grabbed her by her clothes and threw her on the sofa, striking her in the face.
The woman's brother pulled her to safety and her nephew grabbed Reid by the arms to try to calm him down. When the young man let go of Reid's arms, Reid grabbed a vase from the windowsill and threw it towards the woman.
Obrusik said: "She heard her sister shouting 'no' as the object hit her in the face and smashed. She was immediately unable to see out of her left eye and felt blood running down her face."
The woman was taken to Wigan Royal Infirmary and later transferred to the Royal Manchester Eye Hospital where her left eye was found to have shrunk.
Surgeons carried out three operations to save the eyeball, but her vision never returned and she had to have a cosmetic contact lens fitted to improve the appearance.
Reid, of Rectory Close, Birkenhead, was arrested and denied throwing the vase, however he later pleaded guilty to unlawful wounding and appeared at Preston Crown Court to be sentenced.
Speaking from the witness box, the woman said: "One thing I always said is when I die they can take everything except my eyes. I used to have such big, brown eyes. Not anymore. The moment he did that my world fell apart."
She told the court she has had to have her car modified as she is no longer able to drive safely as a result of her injury. She has changed jobs to work from home as she can not do her customer facing role, and has spent hundreds on home security.
The woman said: "My mum feels like you have stolen a piece of her daughter. I feel ugly.
"Who would want a relationship with someone with my physical disabilities when there are so many pretty females to choose from? I feel devastated at the prospect of facing my future alone.
"You will never know the pain I feel every day looking at myself in a mirror and being reminded that you, without a shred of empathy, walked away.
"I became a prisoner in my own home. I look horrible. As a woman you have stolen my femininity and for that I will never forgive you"
Recorder Michael Blakey, sentencing, said: "She had permanent, irreversible injuries to her left eye and she has had to reorganise her life because of that. It has a considerable effect on her ability to carry out her normal activities and to work She has had to readjust.
"You were in drink at the time and I have no doubt had you not been in drink it is more than likely this would never have happened. This was a terrible incident by you."
The judge said he had read several character references which attest to Reid's previous good character, and the defendant has no previous convictions.
However the case was so serious only an immediate prison sentence was appropriate, he said. T
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