Facial surgery for man hit by bottle thug

A MAN will be left scarred for life after he was hit in the face with a bottle during a large-scale disturbance outside a bar.

The 27-year-old was subjected to the "particularly violent attack" in the early hours of yesterday after a night out with friends. Police said the victim was assaulted outside BJ's bar in Crow Road, in the west end of Glasgow, at around 2.25am.

He was struck by the bottle and suffered a serious injury to his face.

He was taken by ambulance to the city's Western Infirmary and was later transferred to the Southern General Hospital, where he was to have surgery.

Strathclyde Police said the male suspect fled in an unknown direction, along with other people thought to have been involved.

The suspect is described as being white, around 5ft 6in, thin with dark brown spiky hair shaved into a "V" shape at the back.