A woman smashed a bottle and thrust it into a man's neck in front of shocked city centre shoppers because he threw a sausage roll at her.
Kelly Dixon was drinking wine at Old Eldon Square, in Newcastle, early on a Sunday afternoon last October when she clashed with victim Darren Foster.
A court heard Mr Foster accused Dixon of stealing from him and he threw a sausage roll at her, which missed and hit a woman sitting next to her.
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Dixon, who has a long history of violence and 230 previous convictions, then shouted "f****** come on then", smashed a bottle and stabbed Mr Foster in the neck with its jagged edge after striking out four times.
He was left with a large laceration under his jawline which was bleeding heavily, Newcastle Crown Court heard.
Now Dixon, 42, of Spencer Street, Heaton, Newcastle, who admitted unlawful wounding, has been jailed for three years.
Sentencing her, Recorder Richard Wright QC said: "It was busy with members of the public going about their lawful business and you were there, heavily in drink, and you reacted to a minor provocation of a sausage roll being thrown at you.
"You deliberately broke a bottle and advanced at your victim and despite shouts that you should not act as you planned to, you plunged it into the area of his neck.
"That broken bottle caused what a police officer described as a significant laceration that was bleeding heavily.
"You deliberately broke a bottle to use as a weapon then deliberately used it to attack your victim, aiming for his face and throat. It was very obviously a highly dangerous weapon."
The court heard Mr Foster did not co-operate with the prosecution so there is no medical evidence about his injuries.
Dixon has a long history of attacking people and the judge said he considered her a dangerous offender.
Among her many previous convictions, starting with robbery in 1994, she has carried out multiple offences of assault and battery.
Last July she was sentenced for assaulting a 63-year-old man, also at Old Eldon Square. He motioned for her not to sit on his laptop on a bench so she took his walking stick and struck him across the knees.
Elizabeth Muir, defending, said: "There was some summary justice after the offence when she was kicked on the ground."
She adde: "She has had considerable problems throughout her life, with drug addiction since she was 15 years old, which she's working on.
"She's been alcohol free since she's been in custody.
"She's not a lady without hope when she's off alcohol."
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