https://www.overlawyered.com/2013/06/a-wee-dram-assisted-red-solo-cup/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Tue, 07 Apr 2015 23:08:23 +0000 hourly 1 https://www.overlawyered.com/2013/06/a-wee-dram-assisted-red-solo-cup/comment-page-1/#comment-218269 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 14:42:35 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=38938#comment-218269 In British usage, to be “glassed” is to have a drinking glass or bottle crushed against your face or to have an already broken glass shoved into your face. The results are lacerations, bleeding, disfigurement and blindness. According to the Manchester Evening News, there are approximately 5,000 such attacks in the UK each year. Such mayhem is obviously illegal, but would the legal consequences deter a thug who acts on impulse while intoxicated?

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