A MAN has been jailed after he “lost his temper” and attacked a “peacemaker” with a glass in a town centre club.

Luca Leon Beglarian, 35, of Christchurch Road, Bournemouth, hit Jonathan Gray with a tumbler in Be At One in Richmond Hill, leaving him with a permanent scar on his face.

He was found guilty of inflicting grievous bodily harm and appeared for sentence at Bournemouth Crown Court on February 22.

The court heard how, on December 8, 2019, there was a dispute involving the defendant and someone else in the club and Mr Gray was trying to keep the peace.

Beglarian then struck him in the head with a glass before the victim was thrown to the ground by someone else.

The defendant then tried to hit him again, the court heard.

A victim impact statement read by prosecutor Alec Williams said Mr Gray was left with a permanent scar and he fears something similar may happen again.

The statement said: “I didn’t do anything wrong. It has made me lose confidence in security of events.

“I have a feeling of anxiety about whether I will bump into the defendant.”

Mr Williams said Beglarian was of medium culpability as Mr Gray was left with a permanent injury and the defendant used a weapon.

He had a number of previous convictions, including battery, robbery and burglary.

Mitigating, Rose Burns said the defendant’s mother relied on him for day-to-day care, and he was willing to pay compensation.

She said the defendant was a realistic prospect of rehabilitation and said it was “about time” he addressed his PTSD brought on as a result of abuse suffered at a young age.

Despite this, Judge Robert Pawson sentenced Beglarian to 21 months imprisonment. He said the offence was nearly exactly a year after his licence for a previous offence expired.

Judge Pawson said: “Jonathan Gray, I have no doubt whatsoever, was trying to act as a peacemaker.

“It was put to him on your instructions that he was going to glass you, he was trying to attack you. I don’t accept that for a moment.

“He was doing nothing more than trying to keep the peace, he was not aggressive until after he had been struck in the head by you with a glass.

“At which point someone else threw him to the ground and you went to hit him on the floor.

“You said you followed his group because you had to get security, I don’t accept that.

“You said you tried to throw your drink over him because you feared for your life, I don’t accept that for a moment.

“You lost your temper, had something to drink, it was a deliberate act on your part.

“The only question is whether or not I can suspend [the sentence]. It seems to me the only appropriate punishment can be achieved by immediate custody.”