Bouncer Blinded By Stiletto Date: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 Source: Daily Record

A woman blinded a bouncer by stamping her stiletto heel through his eyeball after she was asked to leave a nightclub. Sarah Marsden, 37, had agreed to leave after a drunken row but then spat in doorman Graham Roach's face. In the scuffle that followed, 28-year-old Graham fell to the ground and Marsden slammed her heel into his eye. Surgeons battled in vain for four hours to save his sight. Graham now faces further surgery to repair damage to his eye socket that would allow him to wear a fake eyeball. Marsden pleaded guilty to assault yesterday at Edinburgh Sheriff Court. The attack on July 25 came after Marsden and her friend Anthony Walker, 49, were asked to leave the Shanghai bar, in the city's George Street club, at 1.30am. The court heard Graham had been working on the door of Shanghai's upstairs bar, Le Monde, when he heard the pair arguing with fellow bouncer Andrew Pringle. Fiscal depute Pauline Shade said: "Mr Pringle was asking them to leave and Walker was threatening to strike him with a bottle. "At that point, Mr Roach decided to approach both accused and take them back upstairs to George Street. "However, Walker continued to shout, swear, challenge the door stewards to fight and threatened to kill Mr Pringle." After a brief struggle, the drunken pair seemed to calm down. But Miss Shade added: "Mr Roach sent his colleagues back downstairs, thinking the situation was under control. He made to walk away from them. "However, Marsden spat directly into his face. "Mr Roach turned around to take hold of her arm. "However, he collided with Walker and the two men fell to the ground. "While they were on the ground, Marsden approached. She was wearing a pair of high-heeled stilettos and she stamped on Mr Roach's face. "The heel of her shoe entered his eye-socket and punctured his eye." Graham's colleagues rushed to help and grabbed Marsden and Walker, who were taken away by police while Graham lay bleeding and in agony on the ground. He was taken to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and Miss Shade added: "Due to the nature of his injury, doctors were required to call in eye specialists and he had to have surgery. "It was a four-hour operation and the surgeons had to retract part of his eyelid, which had been torn open during the assault. "Unfortunately, the damage to Mr Roach's eye was too severe and the surgeons were unable to repair the damage. As a result, he is permanently blind in that eye." After being arrested and taken to the capital's St Leonard's police station, Marsden's only response to officers was to say "sorry" once. Walker was charged with breach of the peace, which he admitted in court yesterday. Lawyers for the pair each said they would give mitigation before sentencing. Sheriff Neil MacKinnon bailed Marsden and Walker and ordered them to return to court next month. To see the article please click on the link below. Daily Record Courtesy of SecurityOracle.com - The Secury Industry's Portal