Sarah Brown, 27, flew into rage when the man turned his back on her - and twice thrust her glass into her victim in the 'vicious and unprovoked' attack

A furious estate agent smashed a wine glass into an innocent man's head when he spurned her in a crowded bar.

Sarah Brown, 27, flew into rage when the man turned his back on her - and twice thrust her glass into her victim in the 'vicious and unprovoked' attack.

A court heard 'hard-working and successful' Brown was downing wine after work when she spotted the man, 20, standing at the bar.

Brown pulled on his jumper to attract his attention - and he initially turned round to face her in the bar.

But when he turned back to talk to a friend he felt a 'blow' to the back of his head at the Rock and Fountain pub in Skewen, near Neath, South Wales.

Prosecutor Ashanti-Jade Walton said the man had been hit twice in the 'unprovoked attack' and felt liquid trickling down his back.

She said he was left with a 'V-shaped wound' to the side of his head before being taken to hospital where medics inserted six stitches.

In a victim impact statement the man said he had been left 'feeling like I am always looking over my shoulder'.

A court heard 'hard-working and successful' Brown was downing wine after work when she spotted the man, 20, standing at the bar

Brown (left and right) pulled on his jumper to attract his attention - and he initially turned round to face her in the bar

The court heard the man did not know Brown before the attack.

He said he was having difficult sleeping and kept replaying the incident over and over in his head.

But 'hard-working and successful' estate agent Brown was spared jail after admitting to anger management and alcohol problems.

The court was told that the man did not know Brown before she smashed the glass into his head

Brown, of Neath, South Wales, admitted inflicting grievous bodily harm and possessing an offensive weapon

John Hipkin, defending, said: 'She has no explanation for what happened other than the alcohol.

'She recognises she has issues with alcohol and anger management that now need to be addressed.'

Brown, of Neath, South Wales, admitted inflicting grievous bodily harm and possessing an offensive weapon.

Judge Paul Thomas QC told her: 'You caused your victim a very unpleasant injury.

But 'hard-working and successful' estate agent Brown was spared jail after admitting to anger management and alcohol problems

Judge Thomas told Brown that had she glassed the man in the face she would have been sent to jail

Brown was also ordered to carry out 240 hours of unpaid work and told to pay her victim £2,000

She was handed a 12 month suspended sentence and ordered to complete rehabilitation courses in anger management and alcohol

'This was a vicious, unprovoked glassing of a stranger in a pub.

'To hit anyone with a glass is a serious offence because of the damage it can do, and always crosses the custody threshold.'

She was handed a 12 month suspended sentence and ordered to complete rehabilitation courses in anger management and alcohol.

She was also ordered to carry out 240 hours of unpaid work and told to pay her victim £2,000.

Judge Thomas said that if she had glassed the man in the face then she would have been jailed.