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A drunken thug left a goalie scarred for life after making chilling threats and throwing a “huge rock” in his face.
Ashley McConville was kicked out of the Soho Bar in Concert Square and tried to rip the nightclub poster off the wall in revenge.
But when that failed, the 36-year-old grabbed a brick-sized stone and hurled the missile directly at goalkeeper Daniel Gheorghita.
Liverpool Crown Court heard that McConville, of Dorset Close, Bootle, struck the 38-year-old man in the left eye, who was temporarily blind.
The incident unfolded in Liverpool city center around 7.45pm on Friday, March 29 last year, when Gheorghita realized that two men inside the Soho Bar had been asked to leave and went to help. .
Louise McCloskey, a prosecutor, said: “They were yelling, ‘Do you know who I am? They are going to shoot you’ and refused to leave. He describes the defendant as the main aggressor in this situation.
Other gate personnel had to step in and McConville didn’t resist when he was grabbed and escorted, but then began making more threats.
McCloskey said: “He grabbed an ashtray that Mr. Gheorghita thought he was going to throw away but did not and the defendant was brought to the ground to prevent him from doing so. Once on the ground, the door staff dispersed and the complainant then he retired. “
She said it was at this point after leaving that she tried to lower the sign.
The prosecutor said: “Instead, he took a large stone from the floor, held it in his hands while talking to another member of the door staff, and then threw the object directly at Daniel Gheorghita, hitting him in the left eye.”
“He [Mr Gheorghita] he describes that he had no time to react and immediately lost his sight. He went in and took out eye tissues and when he came back outside, the police had already attended and were able to identify the accused. “
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The victim was taken to the hospital where a scan was performed and, although no facial fractures were found, he was left with a scar over his left eye.
He had numerous appointments at the eye hospital and told the court that he “feels nervous and wonders what he did to deserve this.”
In a statement from the victim, Gheorghita said that his confidence had been damaged and that he was cautious at work, but that he now hoped he could move on and move on with his life.
McConville denied inflicting serious bodily harm, but admitted that the assault caused actual bodily harm, which was accepted by the Crown.
He also admitted to breaching bail in July, when he failed to attend court and an arrest warrant was issued.
McConville, a carpenter, has 14 prior convictions for 28 offenses, including supplying Class A drugs, and is currently behind bars, after a previous suspended sentence was triggered earlier this year.
He was saved from jail in May last year, after admitting injuries in connection with an incident in September 2018 when he kicked a woman in the head.
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On that occasion, McConville was sentenced to 10 months in jail, suspended for two years, and told to attend an anger management course.
Referring to the attack in Soho Bar, Peter Killen, defending, said: “He is very sorry about what happened that night. He was going through a difficult time.”
He said McConville had been in a relationship for 15 years, had a daughter and a stepdaughter, and his father suffered from medical problems that required regular CT scans.
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He said his problems had led him to drink too much and agreed to “misbehave” that night.
Killen said: “He lost his self-control, but it was a single hit.”
He suggested that it had been a brief incident and asked the judge “to reflect his regret and remorse, recently encountered, but sincerely sustained.”
Imprisoning McConville for two years and a week, the judge, registrar Mark Ford, said: “You picked up a stone, described by a witness, a police officer, as a huge stone and threw it at the victim, giving him a blow in the eye. .
“I have seen several photographs showing that injury. It seems to me that this goalkeeper is very fortunate that the injuries weren’t much more serious given the size of the gun you threw and the location of his face that was hit.”
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He added: “It has left a scar on his face, reminding him of the aggression every time he looks in the mirror. Of a more persistent nature are the psychological injuries documented in the papers.”
From his victim impact statement, he says: [he] ‘sensation[s] as if life will never be the same as before. ‘
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