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A vile thug who stabbed a woman with a broken bottle in her genitals at a hotel has been jailed for 15 months.

Evil Craig Swanwick, 31, glassed his 41-year-old victim after the par were overheard arguing by a guest next door.

A court heard the row stopped but shortly after the witness then heard the sound of glass smashing followed by cries of agony.

Moments later the woman "crawled out of the room screaming for help" covered in blood at the Stuart Hotel, in Derby.

The hotel manager ran to her aid and bravely detained Swanwick until emergency services arrived.

Derby Crown Court heard the victim suffered cuts to her genitals up to 3cm in length. and bruising to her ankle, legs, face and arms.

Swanwick, of Northampton, admitted unlawful wounding and assault occasioning actual bodily harm and was jailed for 15 months on Monday.

Judge Jonathan Bennett said: "This was a deeply disturbing incident where you used a weapon in the most intimate place.

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"The weapon, a bottle, was a dreadful weapon to use in the circumstances and this offence is exacerbated because you were in drink.

"It was quite a sustained incident and she suffered a number of injures, thankfully minor, to her face, ankles, legs and arms.

"But the most serious aspect of this assault was the cuts she suffered to her genitalia from the bottle you used."

Prosecutor Clive Stockwell told the court the offence happened in the early evening of September 15 last year.

He said: "A man in the next room told the police he heard swearing and shouting coming room but this died down.

"A short while later he heard the sound of glass smashing against the wall.

"It was broken glass and it cut her genitals.

"The defendant left the room and she crawled out shouting for help.

"The manager was called and kept them both at the hotel until an ambulance and the police arrived."

Mr Stockwell said when the woman was interviewed she said had felt something being "rammed" between her legs.

Swanwick was arrested when the police arrived and he could not remember carrying out the attack because he was so drunk.

Emma Hodgson, defending, said: "The defendant has written a letter in which he expresses his horror at what he has done.

"The defendant is educated to degree level and in May of this year got a new job where he has been named employee of the month.

"He is ambitious and wishes to progress with the company and he will lose his employment if he receives custody.

"He shows a high level of remorse."