A nightclub attack victim was left “fuming” after the man who threw a bottle in her face and whispered “don’t reject me” has avoided jail.
Amy Thompson, 25, had been in a nightclub in South Shields in the early hours when she was “accosted” by Dean Sinclair who viciously groped her, leaving her missing a tooth and needing stitches.
But despite the young mother suffering horrific injuries, Sinclair will spend no time behind bars, Newcastle Crown Court heard.
After hearing the sentence Mrs. Thompson said Chronicle Live: ‘I’m fuming and I’m heartbroken. They are absolutely in pieces. He stole a piece of my life away from me, but I have no justice.
Amy Thompson was attacked on a night out in South Shields. Her attacker, Dean Sinclair, will not spend time behind bars
Ms Thompson was left with horrific injuries after the attack, including a spill on her lip that extended across her face and a missing tooth.
Ms Thompson said she was left “fuming and heartbroken” by the sentence. She told Chronicle Live she is ‘in pieces’
Dean Sinclair was given a 20-month suspended sentence suspended for 18 months with 200 hours of unpaid work, an alcohol abstinence monitoring requirement and told he must undertake a “thinking skills program “.
Sinclair approached Ms Thompson from behind the dance floor in July this year, Newcastle Crown Court heard.
The court heard that Sinclair, 36, of Washington, became stronger and so Ms Thompson pushed him away, pushing back against him. Then he whispered to her “don’t reject me” and pushed her into a crowd of people and fell to the floor.
He advanced towards her and she felt threatened and kicked him. Sinclair was then seen kneeling down and picked up a bottle from the floor, which he threw at Ms Thompson, hitting her in the face.
It didn’t break, but it caused a spill on his lip – lying on his face – and caught a tooth. She needed eight stitches to her face, was left permanently scarred and required extensive dental treatment. She described the pain in which it was 10 out of 10.
In a victim impact statement, she said she was left petrified and worried about possible repercussions. She said her fear was heightened after she received a message on social media later saying “okay split lip, how’s it stuck”, but Sinclair said she didn’t send it and she doesn’t have an account Facebook.
Here Dean Sinclair is pictured after the attack where he threw a bottle at Mrs Thompson. The attack happened in July this year
Sinclair, who has 59 convictions on his record, including for violence and previously had a football banning order, pleaded guilty to GBH.
He was sentenced to 20 months suspended for 18 months with 200 hours of unpaid work, an alcohol abstinence monitoring requirement and must undertake a “thinking skills programme”.
He must also pay the victim £4,000 compensation. Judge Robert Adams said he was about to go straight to prison.
Ms Thompson, who has a child and had just three drinks that night, said she was left “visually a mess” and did not sleep until she knew her attacker had been arrested. She said she keeps getting flashbacks of what happened and has been left “physically and mentally drained” and feels “caged in her own home”.
Ms Thompson, who has a child and had only three drinks on the night of the attack. She said she was left “visually a mess”
The court heard he had been to a funeral that day and consumed a lot of alcohol and decided to go clubbing on his own. Kate Barnes, defending, said: “I want, through me, to express his sincere remorse to his victim. He knows he has done wrong and has come today prepared to be punished, as he knows he must.
“Under the influence of alcohol, he did not think about the consequences of his actions, both in approaching (her) and in causing the wound with the bottle. It is really alcohol that puts behind everything on his unenviable antecedent history.
Miss Barnes added that she works as a shop assistant and wants to get back into work to support her partner and children.