Mum-of-three was so badly injured during glass attack, her scared children hid in wardrobe

‘This attack didn’t just injure me, it scarred me for life. And not just physically.’

A mum-of-three was so badly injured during a vicious glass attack, her children hid in the wardrobe because they were too scared of her scars.

Gemma Hilton, 34, was waiting for a friend in Woody’s Bar, Liverpool on February 5, when she was attacked by a stranger in an unprovoked attack.

The single mother was left with two huge facial lacerations, one of which completely pierced her cheek, and needed more than 50 stitches after she was struck by a glass twice.

She was left too self-conscious to leave him and doctors have told her she could be scarred for life.

   

Gemma Hilton had to undergo a three-hour operation to repair her face and needed more than 50 stitches (Picture: Mercury Press)

Gemma, from Rugby, said: ‘I was in the bar waiting for my space and this woman came over to me.

‘I ignored her and went to sit with some other people but later when I went back to the bar she whispered something in my ear, I can’t remember what she said.

‘She put her left arm around me and I pushed it away and backed off, but out of nowhere she hit me in the face with a glass.

                               
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‘I fell to the floor on my side and remember she was kicking me in the ribs, but I can’t remember much after that as I passed out. It is all a blur really.’

The 34-year-old care assistant was rushed to hospital and underwent a three-hour operation to repair her face, needing more than 50 stitches.

    Gemma’s children were so scared of their mother’s injuries, they hid in the wardrobe (Picture: Mercury)

She can no longer smile properly and still gets shooting pains through her head and numbness on the left side of her face.

Gemma, who posted a picture of her injuries on Facebook, said: ‘My face was left a complete mess. When I first came out of hospital my kids were terrified of me. They hid in the wardrobe and said ‘that’s not my mum’.


‘I won’t go anywhere on my own now because people stare at me. My children are going to be wanting to go out as the weather gets nicer but I don’t want to leave the house.

‘I was already self-conscious before – I wouldn’t even go out if I had a spot – so this has really hit my self-esteem. This attack didn’t just injure me, it scarred me for life. And not just physically.’

Source: Metro UK