A FATHER-of-two has been jailed after thrusting a broken glass into a man’s neck during a drunken pub fight.

Benjamin Cuff, 40, was sentenced at Oxford Crown Court on Tuesday (March 19) to one count of grievous bodily harm after injuring Derrick Janes at a Headington pub on August 29, 2022.

The court heard Cuff had hit Mr Janes with a broken bottle over the head, before straddling him and thrusting the glass into his neck.

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Sentencing him for 32 months imprisonment, Recorder Alex Young said: “The reality was this was a dangerous attack on him.

“It’s only through good fortune that you’re not in this dock in front of a different judge facing a charge of his death. Fortunately, it appears that his wounds were able to be treated.”

Prosecuting the case, barrister Mitchell Cohen said Cuff had been drinking at The Six Bells in Beaumont Road when he got into an altercation with a member of staff about an unrelated and old matter.

He could be seen picking up chairs to throw at staff when Mr Janes became involved and helped push the defendant outside the pub.

In doing so, he punched Cuff in the face in a ‘pre-emptive strike’, causing a black eye. Cuff then waited outside the pub for his partner to leave and when he saw Mr Janes leave he picked up a broken bottle and smashed it over his head, causing him to fall to the floor.

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“Straggling him, he thrusts the broken bottle into his neck. He then rubbed the broken bottle into the head of Mr Janes,” said Mr Cohen.

“Mr Janes continued to struggle but Mr Cuff wrapped his legs around his neck, choking him and gouging his left eye.”

The court heard that Cuff, of Hundred Acres Close, Headington, has no previous convictions.

Defending Cuff, his barrister said the incident was ‘out of the ordinary’ for the defendant.

“It’s always unfortunate when dealing with someone who has made a mistake and the consequences of their actions are as grave as they are in this case,” he said.

Cuff could be seen crying in the dock as he was sentenced and had several friends and family supporting him throughout the hearing.

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Recorder Young concluded: “Regrettably you haven’t expressed full remorse for what has happened as you have convinced yourself that the prosecution’s case is not the accurate version.

“But this doesn’t cancel out your strong mitigation.”

He will serve two thirds of his sentence before being released on licence.