Bar Thug Spared Jail For Glassing DJ

A violent bar customer, who hurled his glass at the resident DJ – inflicting a cut above the victim's eye – after being told not to place his drink on the mix desk at the landmark west London venue, has dodged jail with a suspended sentence.

George Harry Schwartz, 28, of Ixworth Place, Chelsea was easily traced because he had booked a booth at Henry J Bean's (pictured) in King's Road.

He pleaded guilty at Hammersmith Magistrates' Court to assaulting resident Friday night DJ Anil Marajh, causing him actual bodily harm, on June 29.

The court heard it was 10.30pm when Schwartz placed his glass on the DJ's booth, but was told to remove it because any spillage could cause damage to the expensive equipment.

Schwartz was handed the glass by Mr.Marajh and immediately threw the contents over the DJ before hurling it at the victim, causing a one and a half inch laceration above his right eye, which required stitches.

He was sentenced to four months imprisonment, suspended for twelve months, and ordered to complete 200 hours community service work, plus a twelve-day specified activity requirement.

Schwartz must also pay Mr. Marajh £1,000 compensation, plus £85 costs and an £80 victim's surcharge.