A WOMAN smashed a beer glass over a man's head at a social club leaving him scarred for life, Worcester Crown Court heard.

Drunken Kelly Barratt attacked Martin Smith after it was suggested she "was a bad mum", said her barrister, Michael Aspinall.

Her son began to choke but she had failed to recognise the seriousness of his condition as she played with a number of young children.

The victim needed 11 stitches for two cuts on his head.

Barratt, aged 26, of Kempsey Close, Woodrow, pleaded guilty to unlawful wounding.

Judge John Cavell described her offence as "a deliberate assault with a terrifying weapon".

He added: "You were plainly drunk and indulging in horseplay in which your drunkeness affected the health of your child - and the victim intervened.

''You lost your temper and left your victim scarred for life. An inch lower and he could have been blinded."

But the judge said he was just persuaded not to pass a jail sentence after hearing she was a single mother.

Shop worker Barratt was ordered to carry out 140 hours unpaid community work and pay Mr Smith £400 compensation.

Barratt struck on July 18 last year at Studley Road Social Club after she had been drinking all day, said Sue Cliff, prosecuting.

Mr Smith had "remonstrated" with her after becoming upset at her attitude.

She hit him on the nose after words were exchanged and then launched the beer glass attack before leaving the club shouting and swearing.

She told police it was an accident. She had lunged when she already had the glass in her hand.

Barratt admitted she had drunk six pints, lost her temper and went out of control.

Mr Aspinall said she had reacted "wholly inappropriately" to a suggestion that she was a bad mother by becoming violent.

She had brought up her son alone and was proud of her achievements.

She worked 20 hours a week to support them and had no previous convictions.