Mum scarred for life after suffering horrific injuries in nightclub bottle attack

WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES Debbie Strachan was injured when a flying glass bottle hit her in the face and is now calling for glass to be banned from venues

Debbie Strachan had to have 30 stitches after a glass bottle smashed in her face

A mum who was scarred for life when a bottle smashed her in the face is calling for all glass items to be banned from nightclubs.

Debbie Strachan, 32, was injured when a flying glass bottle hit her in the face in Liquid nightclub, Dundee, last March.

Now, on the day before her attacker is sentenced at the city’s sheriff court for his crime, she is determined to end the danger of glass in clubs, the Daily Record reports.

She said: “You get searched at nightclubs to get weapons taken off you and then you get inside and you get one handed to you again at the bar. It makes no sense.”

Francis Monaghan, 28, will appear in court tomorrow to be sentenced for the attack, which left Debbie needing 30 stitches and reconstructive surgery.

He admitted culpable and reckless conduct at a hearing last month.

Now she is campaigning to get glass bottles banned in nightclubs

Debbie is now campaigning to get all glass items removed from nightclubs across the UK to make sure no one else suffers like she has. She has launched a petition to try to force a change.

The mother of two said: “With the amount of stories I’ve seen, incidents like what happened to me are going on quite a lot.

“So I wanted to get the petition together as I can’t see why we can’t ban glasses.

"I know the plastic ones won’t be good for the environment but I don’t want to see anyone else going through what I did. It could have been so much worse for me.

“I was lucky, but someone else could be fatally hurt by being glassed."

Debbie before her night out and her appalling injuries

She added: “It’s healed up but it’s still quite noticeable. My mental health gets better every day, though.”

Councillor Kevin Keenan, who sits on the licensing board in Dundee, said if the petition was brought forward to them they would like to consider it.

He said: “Nightclubs need to give that some consideration because there are a number of bars who moved towards plastic tumblers a few years ago.”

A spokesman for Liquid nightclub said: “The safety and enjoyment of our customers is always our main priority and we do not tolerate anti-social behaviour of any kind.

“We encourage customers to behave responsibly and continue to work with the police and local authorities to deliver the highest possible standards.”