Thug left her victim with horror injuries after slashing her in neck with broken bottle in taxi row – but avoids jail
Thug left her victim with horror injuries after slashing her in neck with broken bottle in taxi row – but avoids jail
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A THUG left her victim with horror injuries after she slashed her in the neck with a broken bottle in a row over a taxi. Sharnice Summer was within just 2mm of killing Bethany Lockyer when she attacked her outside a pub. The 32-year-old had stolen a pre-booked taxi from the 28-year-old as she waited in the street with her family and friends in Poole, Dorset.
![[Woman sitting on a rock with her dog.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/b4917e5f-40fc-4b2c-9968-a3a22a228c7c.jpg?strip=all&w=666)
Summer refused to leave the cab - even when asked by the driver - before rowing with Bethany. She left the taxi clutching a bottle in each hand and smashed one against the wall causing it to shatter. The thug then slashed Bethany in the neck with the jagged weapon.
![[Woman's neck wound from a beer bottle attack.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/injury-beth-lockyer-received-attack-967809927.jpg?strip=all&w=720)
Summer, who has 13 previous convictions for 25 offences including violent attacks, admitted inflicting grievous bodily harm. Despite her rap sheet, she was spared jail and instead handed a two-year sentence suspended for two years. Speaking about the soft verdict, Bethany said: "The ambulance crew said if it had been two millimetres to the left I would have been dead. That was terrifying.
![[Selfie of Sharnice Summer.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/came-two-millimetres-killing-victim-967815456.jpg?strip=all&w=698)
"She messaged me on the day of court case calling me a liar and said she had never stabbed me. "I'm not happy about the sentence, she has been allowed to walk free while I was left for dead. It doesn't feel like it's enough.". Bournemouth Crown Court was told the horror unfolded on March 1 last year following a night at the Churchill pub.
![[Neck wound with stitches.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/injury-beth-lockyer-received-attack-967809843.jpg?strip=all&w=720)
