Wedding planner jailed for hurling glass in nightclub
D
runken Ross Drummond threw two glasses across a night club floor after being hit with
ice cubs from a group of women, including his former girlfriend. Drummond, 21, missed the group with the first
glass which smashed against the wall of the Area nightclub, but the second struck Georgina Francis close to her right eye, Luton crown court heard on Wednesday, March 28. Emilie Pottle, for the Crown Prosecution
Service, said Ms Francis, who was one of four girls including Drummond's ex, suffered a cut. Her glasses, worth £200, were smashed and she was off work for a week. Police arrested Drummond, who works for a
wedding planning company. He told them he could not remember what had happened.
‘You were clearly very drunk in the night club’
Ms Pottle said Drummond had also broken the
terms of a Community Order passed by West Herts Magistrates in July last year. He was convicted of driving while disqualified
and obstructing a police officer. He was banned from driving and magistrates had sentenced him to 180 hours unpaid work. After two breaches of the order — in October and December — 20 more hours were added. But Drummond, who had only completed three
hours work in seven months, was sent home in January when he turned up for unpaid work but broke the rules by using his mobile phone. As a result the probation service asked for the order to be revoked. Drummond, of Cheshire Drive, Watford,
The incident took place at Area nightclub.
pleaded guilty to causing actual bodily harm on October 8 last year and admitted breaching the community order. Defending Simon Burch said: ―He had come
out of a long term relationship and saw his former girlfriend in the night club. He was very upset and was heavily intoxicated.‖ He said throwing the glass was an ―impulsive
action‖ that was ―grossly reckless‖. He said there had been in a breakdown in communications with his probation officer during the community order. He said Drummond showed genuine remorse
and was an ―intelligent and personable young man‖. Judge Stephen Bridge told him: ―You were
clearly very drunk in the night club. Completing only three out of 200 hours unpaid work says it all. Your attitude has been that you no longer have any motivation to comply with the community order.‖ He jailed him for six months.
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