A PUBGOER who blinded another man in one eye by "glassing" him is today waiting to learn if he will be jailed.

Steven Dalton, 30, lashed out at Paul Anderson during a fight at The Junction pub in Leeman Road, prosecutor Ayshea Megyery told York Crown Court.

Dalton was angry because Mr Anderson's girlfriend, Lita Rollinson, had almost hit him with a swing door as she was leaving the pub at about 11pm.

Dalton, of Carnot Street, off Leeman Road, York, denied wounding, but was convicted by a jury at the end of a three-day trial. His case was adjourned for a pre-sentence report.

He claimed that he had only hit Mr Anderson in self-defence and had no idea that a glass was involved, the jury heard.

Mr Anderson, a regular at the pub, told the jury that he knew Dalton casually and that they had met at The Junction.

On October 18 last year Mr Anderson, had gone to the pub in the early evening and was later joined by his girlfriend.

The door incident began about 11pm.

Mr Anderson tried to intervene as Dalton shouted and insulted Ms Rollinson, who apologised at least twice for nearly hitting him.

The two men pushed each other.

Mr Anderson said: "Next thing I know I was covered in blood and there was a smashing noise. I was aware of him carrying a glass or a bottle of some description in his hand. I was not carrying anything."

Mr Anderson said that when he realised what had happened to him, he had "got a bit red" and picked up a bar stool, but witnesses told him to lie down as he had a serious injury.

Mrs Megyery said the glass made several cuts on Mr Anderson's face. Glass fragments went into his left eye and had to be removed by an operation.

"What is the state of the vision in your eye?" Ms Megyery asked Mr Anderson. He replied: "The state of the vision in my left eye is non-existent. I am blind in my left eye."

Dalton later claimed to police Mr Anderson had grabbed and headbutted him and then punched him to the ground where he fell on to glass fragments. After he got up he had seen Mr Anderson "going wild" with a bar stool.

Updated: 10:08 Thursday, October 14, 2004