A mum who permanently blinded a taxi driver after hitting him with her stiletto heels has been jailed.
Georgia Nicholson, 22, repeatedly tried to hit the victim in the face, eventually rupturing his eyeball.
The mum, who was 18 years old at the time of the attack, has been given a three-year jail term.
Her initial suspended sentence was overturned by the Court of Appeal for being “unduly lenient”.
Georgia was 18 at the time of the attack
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In December 2018, the taxi driver was driving Nicholson and her friends home after a night out.
The group had been drinking heavily and when the victim stopped the car as one of the passengers was feeling sick.
He was then subjected to racial abuse before he was then violently attacked with the heels.
Members of the public had to get involved to stop the incident, the court heard on December 15 2018.
Solicitor General Michael Tomlinson KC MP said: “The victim has suffered life-altering injuries and lost his livelihood following the offender’s frenzied and unprovoked attack against someone who was just doing his job.
“The court has rightfully recognised the offender’s brutality in this case and by upgrading the original suspended sentence to jail time should serve as a warning to others that violence like this will not be tolerated.
On May 30 2023, Nicholson was charged with causing Grievous Bodily Harm with intent.
She was sentenced to 24 months’ custody, suspended for two years, with 10 days of rehabilitation activity.
However, on August 4, her sentence was extended to three years.
Georgia, who has just become a mum, is “very, very remorseful”.
She is scared that her four-week-old baby will get taken away from her.
Her initial suspended sentence was deemed too lenient
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Whilst she is “accepting her much harsher punishment”, she is begging authorities to allow her to be locked up with her new-born son.
Speaking to The Sun, a relative of hers said: “What Georgia did was really wrong but it was done accidentally and not deliberately.
"She is so sorry to her victim and paid him £4,000 compensation.
“She is worried sick and completely devastated at the prospect of being sent to prison without her baby.
“She was told the jail she is due to be going to doesn't have a mother and baby unit so she will not be allowed to take the child.
“It is an absolutely horrendous situation for her, her partner and both families.”
