A grandmother was left with a fractured eye socket, damaged nose, injuries all over her body and a broken confidence, after a regular customer in her 15 years old off licence attacked her.
Gurbux Kaur Malhi, 56, (pictured) is still unable to return to work at the M&M Drinks Cabin in The Exchange, Eyres Monsell, Leicester, because of her injuries, even though it is nearly three months since the attack.
Daniel Jones (21) of Pawley Gardens, Eyres Monsell, Leicester, was recently jailed for seven years for the “horrific” assault.
Mrs Malhi, who needed a four-hour operation to have a metal plate put into an eye socket, said after the court hearing that she felt her attacker should have got a life sentence.
Jeremy Janes, prosecuting, told the court that Jones was a regular customer and considered Mrs Malhi “a nice lady”. He reportedly said there was even a “quite jolly atmosphere” in the shop before Jones lost his temper over a packet of cigarettes.
Jones hit the shopkeeper and when she fell to the floor continued to stamp on her body and head.
The court saw CCTV pictures of Jones attacking her as she was slumped on the floor.
