Gillian Anderson has reportedly had a lifelong love affair with Scotland - boasting Scottish roots as her grandfather was a Scot.
05.03.2024 - 14:04 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A "cowardly" thug guzzled 15 pints, drank vodka and snorted cocaine before glassing a former rugby player - leaving him blind. Ex-Leeds Rhinos player Matthew Syron had "limited interaction" with attacker Gareth Dean before he was injured in the "sickening attack", a court has heard.
But at the moment Mr Syron stood at a bar, on a night out to celebrate Boxing Day last year, Dean struck. The 37-year-old with a long history of violence has now been jailed, Yorkshire Live reports.
Leeds Crown Court heard yesterday (March 5) how Dean had been drinking from 11am on the morning before the attack, and had gone to watch rugby league. The incident later unfolded at the Revolution de Cuba bar, in Leeds city centre.
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Prosecutor Michael Smith said he had had "limited interaction" with Mr Syron, save for competing in an arm wrestling competition with his friend. He said the groups had had some interaction due to their common interest in rugby league, but there was "no sign of trouble".
Mr Smith said: "Some time after midnight Mr Syron was stood at the bar, standing next to some friends. The victim felt something push past his shoulder and it appears the defendant leant past him and pushed the glass into his face, with it shattering. Mr Syron immediately fell to the floor, realising his vision had gone blind. In due course, he had to have glass removed from his eyeballs.
"He describes panicking, everything going 'black'." A witness described the blow as being administered "with force". In an apparent show of no remorse, Dean left and went to another bar. He handed himself in to police six days later.
Mr Syron - who was visiting family from his
Gillian Anderson has reportedly had a lifelong love affair with Scotland - boasting Scottish roots as her grandfather was a Scot.
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