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Cambridge Ballare nightclub bottle attack: Man sought by police | |
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A man smashed a champagne bottle into a woman's face, shattering her jaw and teeth, when she refused to dance with him in a Cambridge nightclub. | A man smashed a champagne bottle into a woman's face, shattering her jaw and teeth, when she refused to dance with him in a Cambridge nightclub. |
Monique Henville, 19, was the victim of a "shocking and unprovoked attack" in Ballare on 20 July at about 01:45 BST, Cambridgeshire Police said. | Monique Henville, 19, was the victim of a "shocking and unprovoked attack" in Ballare on 20 July at about 01:45 BST, Cambridgeshire Police said. |
Officers believe her attacker may be from the Hertfordshire area. | Officers believe her attacker may be from the Hertfordshire area. |
They have released an image of a man they would like to speak to in connection with the attack. | They have released an image of a man they would like to speak to in connection with the attack. |
Following the attack, Miss Henville, from Cherry Hinton near Cambridge, spent five days in hospital and needed two operations to reconstruct her jaw. | Following the attack, Miss Henville, from Cherry Hinton near Cambridge, spent five days in hospital and needed two operations to reconstruct her jaw. |
'Horrible assault' | 'Horrible assault' |
"Basically it happened after I said I wouldn't dance with a man," Miss Henville said. | "Basically it happened after I said I wouldn't dance with a man," Miss Henville said. |
"He kept coming after me, and then he poured champagne over me. When I asked him to go away, he did it again. | "He kept coming after me, and then he poured champagne over me. When I asked him to go away, he did it again. |
"The next thing I knew, he'd come back with the bottle and hit me in the face with it, and it smashed as he did that." | "The next thing I knew, he'd come back with the bottle and hit me in the face with it, and it smashed as he did that." |
Miss Henshaw's jaw was broken in two places and her face was gashed by the shattered glass. | Miss Henshaw's jaw was broken in two places and her face was gashed by the shattered glass. |
"If you have information please tell someone. If he can do it to me, he can do it to anyone," she said. | "If you have information please tell someone. If he can do it to me, he can do it to anyone," she said. |
PC Fergus Cowley, from Cambridgeshire Police, said: "This was a shocking and unprovoked attack, and that's why I'd urge anyone with information to come forward as soon as possible. | PC Fergus Cowley, from Cambridgeshire Police, said: "This was a shocking and unprovoked attack, and that's why I'd urge anyone with information to come forward as soon as possible. |
"This male has assaulted Monique in a horrible way, and until we trace the person responsible he might be out there, and he might do it again." | "This male has assaulted Monique in a horrible way, and until we trace the person responsible he might be out there, and he might do it again." |
He added: "The person in the photograph we have released may be able to help us with our inquiries." | He added: "The person in the photograph we have released may be able to help us with our inquiries." |