Ryan Cahill, of Balcurris Park in Dublin, aged 37 (Image: Merseyside Police)

A man slashed a student across the face with a broken glass bottle during a hen do. Ryan Cahill left his victim with permanent facial scars after being confronted over a crude joke which he made to the stranger.

Despite having no memory of the incident due to the amount of alcohol he had consumed, he now says he is "deeply ashamed and embarrassed" over his drunken behaviour. While supporters described him as "someone who can be counted on to do the right thing", a judge today told him: "Unfortunately, you did not do the right thing."

Liverpool Crown Court heard on Monday, December 8 that the complainant, Ansh Saggar, had been out with friends in Liverpool city centre in the early hours of September 20 this

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