Shock photographs reveal the impact of a stiletto heel attack on a pub-goer, as new figures show the heels have been used in hundreds of 'ladette' attacks, causing devastating injuries.

The heels have become the weapon of choice for drunk women, and have been linked to at least 147 violent crimes across Britain since 2013.

The true number is likely to be at least double as that figure is based on responses from 21 out of England and Wales' 44 police forces.

Katrina Coucill, 29, from Bolton, Greater Manchester, lost her left eye after she was kicked by a woman attacker in stiletto heels during a night out.

Katrina Coucill, 29, from Bolton, Greater Manchester, lost her left eye after she was kicked by a woman attacker in stiletto heels during a night out

Miss Coucill said the attack 'ruined her life' and she has been left suffering from depression and panic attacks.

Her attacker has never been caught, although a fellow pub-goer Hayley Rand did go on trial for the attack.

A judge ordered the jury to find her not guilty after it was established that Mrs Rand had not been responsible for the attack.

Miss Coucill has now had a glass eye fitted but still struggles to drive and lost her job with a claims company.

Miss Coucill pictured before (left) and after (right) the attack said her life has now been ruined and she struggles with panic attacks

In another case, pregnant mother-of-two Amy Sundve, 30, was jailed after slashing a man across the face with a metal-tipped stiletto heel outside a pub in Liverpool during a two-day birthday drinking session.

Amy Sundve was jailed after a stiletto heel attack in Liverpool

Sundve, 30, launched an attack on her victim after he asked if she was OK. The victim was left with a cut artery and a 7cm scar on his forehead. She was jailed in October for 10 months.

Merseyside emerged as the capital of stiletto attacks, with 43 recorded over the past three years. In the most serious cases victims have lost their sight or been hospitalised with appalling injuries.

Labour MP Jack Dromey described the figures as sickening and warned they were likely to be the tip of the iceberg.

There were also seven high heel attacks in Durham and five in Cumbria.

Police could not provide official figures for the number in Scotland but anecdotal evidence suggests their prevalence is growing.

Father-of-one Graham Roach, from Edinburgh, had to undergo hours of surgery which failed to save his left eye after a woman plunged her heel into his face.

Stiletto heels have been blamed for hundreds of injuries across the UK

The attack happened in the city's George Street, where Mr Roach was working as a doorman.

Mr Roach's attacker Sarah Marsden admitted assault and was jailed for 40 months.

Mr Roach said: 'If her heel had been half an inch either way when it went into my face, it would have killed me.

'It was very painful and I spent five days in hospital.

'A few months later I had to go back for another operation to have my eye removed.'

He described the national figures as shocking and urged Police Scotland to reveal how many similar attacks had happened north of the border.

Reveller Jodie Hendrie, of Broxburn, West Lothian, was 18 when a stranger stabbed her in the face with a stiletto while she waited for a taxi.

She is still too traumatised to speak about the drunken attack in September 2013 - which left her with severe facial scarring.

In a worrying twist, women in the US are being trained to use stiletto heels as a self- defence weapon.

Former ballerina Avital Zeisler came up with the Soteria Method - which involves hitting an attacker with a heel or stamping on their foot - after she was sexually assaulted.