A WOMAN who carried out a nasty assault in Weymouth has been jailed after breaking the terms of her suspended sentence.

Charlotte Sommers, 21, assaulted David Williams outside Weymouth railway station with a beer can on March 4 last year, causing him actual bodily harm.

She was sent to prison after breaching the conditions of the 18-month suspended sentence and drugs rehabilitation order, given to her on September 2 last year. Dorchester Crown Court was told that Sommers’ attendance on the drugs programme and supervision order had been sparse and that she had missed numerous appointments.

She also failed to answer a court summons on May 17.

Prosecutor Samuel Magee said a further three months had already been added to the order in March for a previous breach.

He said: “Sommers has failed once again. Her attendance on the drugs programme has been sparse from the outset.”

Mr Magee told the court Sommers had attacked Mr Williams with a crushed beer can because he had ‘put her down’ while drinking outside the station.

He said: “Mr Williams made a comment about her being on methadone and she took a crushed beer can to his face causing cuts and lacerations on his eyelids and nose.

“She said he had been putting her down.”

The defendant has 17 previous convictions for 34 offences and has a history of violent offences, Mr Magee told the court.

In mitigation Jamie Porter said Sommers was a troubled young lady who wants to get off drugs.

He said: “She appreciates the help she has been getting.

“She wants to get off drugs.

“The drugs have given rise to all the offending in the past.”

Judge Roger Jarvis told sommers: “When you last appeared before me I thought there was a chance for you to put your previous lifestyle behind you but plainly you are not ready for that.

“This was a nasty assault and you will serve seven weeks immediate custodial sentence.”