Justin Lloyd, 22, left with eye injuries after he was stabbed with a stiletto (Picture: MEN)

A student who stabbed a man in the eye with a Christian Louboutin stiletto heel leaving him with serious injuries has walked free from court.

Shadiya Omar, 22, of Clarendon Road, Whalley Range attacked Justin Lloyd, also 22, as they both waited for a taxi home after a night out in Manchester city centre.

Manchester Crown Court heard Mr Lloyd, from Blackley, approached Omar’s friend outside the Mercure Hotel in Piccadilly Gardens on October 18 2014.

He offered the woman a crisp, but she knocked them out of his hand, so he attempted to pour them over her head.


The court heard Omar reacted by rushing to her friend’s aid and struck Mr Lloyd in the eye with the designer shoe.



Prosecuting, Jonathan Savage, said: ‘He was then struck a single blow to the left eye with an object.

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Shadiya Omar was given a suspended sentence (Picture: MEN)

‘His next reaction was feeling that he has been hit in the eye and feeling a long object in front of his left eye, he had to pull it out.’

Police arrived to the scene and Omar was arrested in a room at the Mercure Hotel where her boyfriend had been staying.

Mr Lloyd was treated at Manchester Royal Infirmary and later the Manchester Eye Hospital for injuries to his left eye.

He was left with bruising, cuts and bleeding to the lower lid, cuts to the upper lid and a fracture to the eye orbit.

Miraculously, he did not lose his eyesight, but still suffers with stabbing pains and the psychological after effects.

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Justin Lloyd said he quit his job because he became self-conscious about his scar (Picture: MEN)

A victim impact statement read out in court said he was forced to quit work as a labourer and has become conscious of his scarred eye.

Mr Savage said: ‘Looking in the mirror every day, he would be constantly having a reminder of the pain he has been suffering.’

Defending, David Morton, said Omar, who pleaded guilty to unlawful wounding, had only removed her shoes because they were hurting and was not intending to use them as a weapon.

He told the court she was only brandishing the heel to stop Mr Lloyd hassling her friend, with no motive to actually strike him in the eye.

He said: ‘She acted using excessive self defence, describing the group as intimidating very tall young men who were clearly aware of their level of intoxication.’

Judge Lindsey Kushner QC sentenced Omar to 18 months imprisonment, suspended for two years.

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Omar must also complete six months of unpaid community work and supervision, as well as pay a £100 victim surcharge fee.

Judge Kushner said: ‘I know a shoe is a vicious weapon and you do know now clearly the heel is.



‘I accept it was a moment of spontaneity – a spontaneous reaction. It was in a situation of hassling and ostentatious behaviour, as far as your friend was concerned persistent irritation.’

After the case Mr Lloyd said he was enjoying his first ever night out in Manchester city centre for a friend’s 21st birthday when the attack took place.