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THE boss of a Southampton music venue where a singer was hit in the face with a bottle has thrown his weight behind the Daily Echo's campaign to call time on glass in city pubs and bars.
The co-owner of The Joiners said he had witnessed the "horrific consequences" of glass-related injuries and attacks during his career.
As part of our Last Orders for Glass campaign, he has called on city centre landlords to consider serving all their drinks in plastic cups.
Former doorman Pat Muldowney said: "I am 110 per cent behind this campaign. Over the years I have seen some horrific injuries as a result of glassings.
"The worst thing is when stupid drunk people start throwing them around."
The St Mary Street pub already serves drinks in plastic glasses during many of its busy nights.
Mr Muldowney said he and co-owner Glenn Lovell had reviewed their bar policy and would avoid handing out glass altogether during selected music shows.
He added: "At the moment we use glass bottles because the breweries make it so expensive to buy plastic ones. If it was the same price we would jump at the chance and change them all tomorrow.
"But we will be pouring bottled drink in to plastic glasses on certain nights - it depends on what crowd we get in."
Todd Marriot, lead singer with the band I Was A Cub Scout, was left with a split lip, cut face and gashed gums after a bottle was thrown from the audience at The Joiners on Saturday night, as reported in yesterday's Daily Echo.
Southampton General Hospital treats around 250 glassing victims a year with many left permanently scarred.
The city's Licensing Sergeant Stewart Chandler was one of the first to back the campaign when it was launched.
