Thug glassed woman in unprovoked beer garden attack

A thug who glassed a woman in a pub beer garden has been locked up.

The woman was knocked unconscious and left with serious facial injuries following the savage attack.

Luke Williamson was the man responsible for the unprovoked assault – which left his victim needing 23 stitches.

The attack took place seconds after an altercation started outside the pub in Colwick Road, Colwick.

Despite it having nothing to do with him, Williamson rushed across the beer garden with a glass in his hand.

The 36-year-old then – without hesitating – went up behind an unsuspecting woman and smashed the glass he was carrying into her face.

Not content with this, Williamson then kicked his victim in the head as she lay unconscious on the ground, before fleeing from the scene.

She was left with severe facial injuries, including two deep gashes to her forehead.   

The attack happened on 10 July 2024, shortly after England beat the Netherlands in the semi-finals of the European Championships.

Williamson left the pub following the assault, before selling his car three days later and going on the run to Skegness.

He returned to Nottinghamshire soon after however. Once there, police conducted an arrest attempt, with officers catching up with him in the Carlton area on 23 July.

After trying to make a run for it, Williamson didn’t get far before police found him hiding in a bush, where he was arrested.

Williamson, of St Michaels Avenue, Gedling, was charged with causing grievous bodily harm with intent – something he pleaded guilty to.

He was sentenced to four years and eight months in prison at Nottingham Crown Court on Friday (6 September).

Detective Constable Madeline Flint-Foster, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: “Williamson’s actions that night showed him to be a violent and dangerous individual.

“Having gathered at the pub to watch the football, he should’ve been celebrating England’s victory that night and having a good time.

“Instead, he chose to get involved in an altercation that had nothing to do with him and strike an unsuspecting woman in the face with a glass.

“Not content with the damage he’d already caused, Williamson then decided to kick the same woman in the head, as she lay unconscious on the ground.

“As the judge rightly summed up in their sentencing remarks, this was a disgusting and cowardly attack that has absolutely no place in our society.

“We are therefore pleased to see Williamson put behind bars where he belongs, which we hope will provide his victim with some small degree of comfort.”