Drunken mum 'could have killed' innocent clubber in bottle attack

A DRUNK mum who bottled an innocent man 'for no apparent reason' during a night out has been locked up.

- By ANDREW BARDSLEY

Katherine Pye, 42, hit a total stranger in the face with a broken bottle after a night in Oldham town centre.

Carlos Ventura, 24, had been out with friends and had headed to a takeaway before being attacked by Pye in the street.

Manchester Crown Court heard how he was left with serious cuts to his face and neck, and was even told he could have died or been left paralysed had his injuries been inflicted millimetres either side.

Prosecuting, Adam Lodge told how Mr Ventura had been out in Oldham with friends on the night of Saturday, November 4, 2023, and into the early hours of the following morning.

He and his pals had been in the Liquid and Envy nightclub until it closed at 4am, and then headed to a nearby takeaway on Yorkshire Street for some food.

When they arrived they saw Pye causing a 'disturbance'. She was shouting and being aggressive, and appeared to be intoxicated, Mr Lodge said.

She left the takeaway and picked up a glass bottle, which she smashed onto the floor.