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This shocking CCTV footage shows the moment a bottle is smashed over a doorman's head - leaving the woman responsible with just a £170 fine.

Cameras outside The Harbour Bar, in South Road, captured the incident that saw Sophie Robson attack 42-year-old Stephen Bond with the makeshift weapon.

Robson, 25, is clearly shown on the video launching the vicious blow with the glass in her hand in an incident which Mr Bond said left him "with blood pouring from the back of his head" as he tried to break up a melee between several people outside the Waterloo venue.

Mr Bond, who now works for a day-time security company and runs the Evolution4Kickboxing gym, told the ECHO: "In a situation like that as a doorman, you have to be calm and let things slide. It is about calming and diffusing a situation."

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He said his background in kickboxing helps him be "controlled and disciplined" in situations like the one shown on the CCTV.

Mr Bond was found to be totally justified in his actions by the authorities in relation to the incident.

He added: "This incident did put a lot of pressure on me at the time.

"I was the one who was attacked while I was at work and I have stopped nightclub work now, because I don't really want to put up with that."

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He claims one of the girls involved in the brawl, which took place on July 16, 2017, is an SIA doorwoman who he has since contacted police about over harassment on social media and "should have known better".

A spokesman for Merseyside Police said: "A 35-year-old woman was issued with a Police Information Notice on February 8, 2018.

"The notice was issued following a report she had contacted a man on social media, and that her contact caused the recipient harassment, alarm or distress which would continue if further contact was made.

"A Police Information Notice warns the recipient that any further conduct that amounts to harassment will be investigated, which could lead to a restraining order and/or arrest, prosecution and, on conviction, a fine or imprisonment."

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Robson, of Anderson Road, Litherland, appeared in South Sefton Magistrates' Court two weeks ago over the incident and was handed 300 hours of community service and ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £85 and costs of £85.

Mr Bond, who is both a trained fire warden and qualified in health and safety, said he was "angry" at the fine handed to Robson and said he believed he would "probably be in prison if it was the other way round".

He was treated for injuries to his nose and head after the attack.

After the sentence, he added: "I was shocked and disappointed."

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A Merseyside Police spokesman said: "We can confirm a woman was sentenced following an assault on a man in Waterloo in July 2017.

"A report was received that the assault had taken place shortly before 1.20am on July 16 outside Harbour Bar on South Road, Waterloo.

"The victim, a 42-year-old man, was treated for injuries to his nose and head after being struck with a glass by Sophie Robson, 25, of Anderson Road, Litherland."