Calls for glass ban in local pubs and clubs

A Hull man who almost died after being glassed in a nightclub is joining calls for all pubs to serve drinks in plastic glasses.

Troy Eyaad was left covered in blood and needed 16 stitches after he was struck on the head with a glass bottle while working as a bouncer back on New Year's Day last year.

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Doctors said he could have died if the bottle had hit his head any lower and he still suffers with the mental and physical scars of the attack.

Increasing numbers of local venues have been making the switch to plastic glasses to help reduce alcohol related violence - but Troy wants more to get on board.

In North East Lincolnshire, new funding has just been secured which'll see up to 30 venues in the Grimsby and Cleethorpes area being supplied with polycarbonate glasses.

Councillor David Bolton, portfolio holder for public protection, said: “This is great news for local pubs and clubs in our area, and for their patrons.

“Polycarbonate cups are less likely to cause lifelong scarring and blindness if used as a weapon than ordinary glasses.

“Incidents where glasses are used as weapons cost the taxpayer millions of pounds per year, not to mention the permanent damage they can cause to people’s lives.

“Glass breakages within venues also cause a serious risk to staff. All of this is unnecessary and preventable."

1 in 20 incidents that take place in England and Wales every year involve the use of glasses as weapons, and only half of these are reported to the Police.

Police estimate that each incident of ‘glassing’ costs health and emergency services more than £500,000.