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A man high on cocaine glassed a woman who had been performing a sex act upon him after discovering she was a transsexual.

Scott Allan, of Everton, Liverpool, called his victim a “freak” and a “bearded lady” after she prevented him from feeling between her legs.

Liverpool Crown Court heard there was a struggle, during which the 40-year-old caught her with a wine glass and slashed her right wrist.

He later told police: “What would you do if you thought a girl was [performing a sex act] and it turns out it was a fella?

"You would go mad as well.”

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Allan was spared jail after admitting wounding on the basis it was unintentional and he did not know the glass was in his hand.

Fiona McNeill, prosecuting, said the victim and another woman were partying on Saturday, January 24 last year.

They started drinking at around 5.30pm and took cocaine before they were joined by Allan and another man at 2am.

The group continued drinking and taking cocaine before heading to the other man’s house, where Allan and the victim ended up alone together.

Ms McNeill said: “She understood that the defendant realised that she was a transsexual.

“The defendant and her engaged in some flirtatious conduct and there was sexual contact between them.

“The defendant attempted to move his hand towards her genital area but she stopped him and he became upset.

“He shouted at the complainant words to the effect of ‘you’re a freak’ and ‘you’re a bearded lady.’”

Ms McNeill said an “altercation” took place and “contact was made between the glass and the complainant”.

The victim suffered two cuts to her right forearm, one to her right hand and one to a finger, which required stitches.

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She underwent surgery to repair a damaged tendon in her right wrist - an injury that forced her to quit her fledgling hairdressing career.

Ms McNeill said the victim, who has endured panic attacks and flashbacks, “was unable to hold a hairdryer or even a brush”.

Philip Astbury, defending, said his client was a skilled construction site worker, who helped build the new Royal Liverpool Hospital.

He said: “His overriding feelings in this case are shame, remorse and embarrassment.

“He recognises that he caused a very unpleasant injury as a consequence of his loss of self control.”

Judge David Aubrey, QC, said Allan would be sentenced on the basis that the injuries were the result of a “reckless act”.

He said: “While you admit pushing your victim in this case, it was not your intention and indeed it cannot be said that there was the necessary knowledge at the time that you had a glass in your hand.

“You accept that you did shout certain insults at your victim and were showing to your victim no tolerance whatsoever, irrespective as to that which had occurred prior.”

The judge handed Allan nine months in prison, suspended for two years, and told him to pay his victim £1,000 in compensation.