Mum Who Glassed Man At Glasgow Club Avoids Jail

A mum who glassed a man in a nightclub who had shown an interest in her has been ordered to pay him £3000. Sarah Kellechar, 29, pushed John Neilson away with her shoulder after telling him she was not interested in him. Her boyfriend was at the toilet in Glasgow's Arta nightclub on Albion Street when Mr Neilson made his way over to her on the dancefloor. But even after staff intervened when Mr Neilson was pushed, Miss Kellechar hit him on the face with her glass, smashing it. Kellechar, from Thornliebank, Glasgow pled guilty at the city's sheriff court to assaulting Mr Neilson to his severe injury and permanent disfigurement on March 16, last year. Sheriff Sam Cathcart handed her a restriction of liberty order meaning she must stay in her home between 9pm and 7am for nine months, and a compensation order for £3000. The court previously heard that while in the nightclub Mr Neilson made his way to Kellechar while she was on the dance floor talking to a man. Procurator fiscal depute Lesley Chambers said: "Mr Neilson stepped in between Miss Kellechar and this unknown male, at which point the accused pushed Mr Neilson away using her shoulder. "She continued to use her shoulder to push Mr Neilson towards the seated area." It was at this point that a bar manager and door steward went to see what was happening. When staff were speaking to Mr Neilson, Kellechar attacked him, hitting him on the face with her glass. Mrs Chambers added that the tumbler "smashed on impact" because of the force of the hit. Kellechar was taken aside and treated for a cut hand and it was after the assault that her partner - who had been in the toilet - was seen and they waited in another area until the police arrived. Mr Neilson had three cuts on his face and one on his lip and he will be left with permanent scarring. Defence lawyer Brian Greig told the court Kellechar and her partner were on their first night out since the birth of their second child, a few months earlier. He said that Mr Neilson made her feel very uncomfortable and she had not wanted to her partner about the advances made towards her in case it lead to anything. Mr Greig told the court: "He left the dance floor to visit the toilet, that coincided with the complainer making his way towards her. "At this point she accepts she lost her temper having made it clear his advances were not welcome." The court was told that she pushed him away and staff intervened and "certain things were said".