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0 2 - 0 9 - 2 0 0 7 Former bodybuilder jailed for glass attack on blind man
By ANTHONY McLEAN
A BLIND man suffering from cerebral palsy [Wikipedia] was left needing 50 stitches after he was viciously assaulted by a former bodybuilder.
Steve Read, 26, lost five pints of blood and needed extensive surgery after Dale Kindley smashed a glass into his neck in the New Premier member's club in Woodhorn Road, Ashington.
Kindley, of Myrtle Street, Ashington, put so much force into the attack that the pint glass shattered on impact, leaving Mr Read covered with glass shards.
Mr Read, a former pupil of Hirst High School, was taken to Wansbeck General Hospital after the attack on September 17, but his injuries were so severe that he was transferred to Newcastle's Freeman Hospital and underwent six hours of surgery.
The wounds were just millimetres from the main jugular vein in Mr Read's neck.
Kindley, who took illegal steroids until the mid-90s, admitted causing unlawful wounding. The 43-year-old was jailed for two years when he appeared at Newcastle Crown Court.
Judge Beatrice Bolton said the attack has had a catastrophic affect on Mr Read. "You are extremely lucky that you did not kill this young man," she told Kindley. "One can only imagine what it must be like for a blind person to be attacked like this. He must not have known what was coming or when it would stop."
Newcastle Crown Court heard that Kindley had mistakenly thought Mr Read had hit him in the back. Kindley turned around, punched Mr Read and then thrust his pint glass into his neck. The attack only stopped when other drinkers pulled Kindley away, the court heard.
Jacqueline Wilkinson, prosecuting, said Mr Read, who lost his sight in an accident when he was 16, is now afraid to go outside. She added that Mr Read will be scarred for life and still has a croaky voice.
Paul Caulfield, defending, said Kindley became deeply ashamed of himself when he realised who he had attacked.
Jailing him for two years Judge Bolton said: "This young man was doing nothing but minding his own business. He has substantial disabilities. The only thing he could say to the police to describe you was that you were bigger than himself. You actions have had a catastrophic affect and a period of imprisonment is inevitable."
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