Ebony Jones (left) glassed her pal Megan Smith (right) (Picture: Wales News Service)
A young mum was ‘betrayed’ by her best friend when she was glassed in a packed bar over a small argument.
Megan Smith was left scarred for life when she was glassed by former pal Ebony Jones,26,after the pair argued over the sale of a dog.
And she revealed she is now known as ‘Megan Scar’ after the brutal attack from her former friend.
Jones thrust a half-pint glass into Megan’s face,shattering it close to her eye,and then continued to punch her.
The mother-of-two was jailed for 30 months following the attack in February 2023 – but Megan says the effects will remain with her for the rest of her life.
Megan,27,said: ‘The pain was excruciating and in the days following the assault,my step-mother Claire had to help me shower and dress. I have panic attacks and flashbacks. When I finally looked in the mirror,I looked horrible. I couldn’t believe the level of scarring.’
Ebony Jones left Megan Smith needing 41 stitches (Picture: Wales News Service)
‘I am now known as the girl who got glassed in the snooker club. People call me Megan Scar. I am no longer just Megan,’ she said.
Miss Smith said that the devastating physical and psychological effects upon her led to the breakdown of her relationship with her partner and that the two women had previously been “very close”.
She added: ‘Ebony has betrayed me in the worst possible way – she has ruined my life. I just can’t believe she assaulted me. She was my best friend.
‘I am a support worker and one of my clients told me I now looked as if I had been touched by the devil.’
Newport Crown Court heard Jones was drunk when she approached Megan as she was standing at the bar and began to argue with her over the sale of a dog.
Prosecutor Byron Broadstock said Megan asked Jones to leave her alone,but the defendant flew into a rage and wielded the glass towards her.
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The fight in the Emporium Snooker Club in Bargoed,Caerphilly,saw Jones punch Smith repeatedly.
Mr Broadstock said: ‘Previously they had been good friends but recently their relationship had taken a turn for the worse over a completely unrelated matter.’
Mr Broadstock said the two women had been arguing over the sale of a dog involving Megan’s ex-husband.
He said: ‘Miss Smith told the defendant to ‘leave me alone’ and ‘get away from me’ – she wouldn’t. The next thing she recalls is the defendant’s right arm coming towards her with a half pint glass in it. That struck her in the face,connecting with her left eye.’
Mr Broadstock said Megan’s memory after being struck was ‘a bit of a blur’,but she could recall Jones continuing to hit her.
‘Footage shows at least four strikes to the face. Miss Smith remembers the feeling of glass smashing,’ he said. ‘When the glass hit her face,it made a shattering sound.’
Megan needed 36 stitches to her face and five more to her nose and required treatment from a maxillofacial surgeon.
Aspiring nursery worker Jones,of Caerphilly,admitted wounding with intent on the day she was due stand trial.
Emma Harris,defending,said Jones suffered from mental health problems and was the sole carer for her two young children.
Jones sobbed in the dock as Judge Hywel James jailed her for 30 months and handed a restraining order banning her from contacting her victim for 10 years.
He told her: ‘Custody is required when in a public place an individual uses a glass to strike someone in the face,not once,but up to four times. Such a sentence is in part a deterrent against such behaviour in public places.’
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