Woolacombe surfer scarred for life by glassing
THE mother of a young surfer who was attacked with a glass in Woolacombe's Marisco nightclub has spoken of the impact it had on her son.
Woolacombe surfer Stuart Campbell was left scarred for life after the incident in May last year.
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Stuart Campbell

The attacker, Toby Covill, 19, appeared at Plymouth Crown Court last Monday and pleaded guilty to a charge of unlawful wounding.
Covill, from Ilfracombe, was given a four-month prison sentence suspended for one year and was ordered to undertake 200 hours community service and pay £1,500 in compensation to his victim.
Stuart is a well known surfer in North Devon who has been a British under-18 champion.
At the time he was partying with friends in the nightclub and had celebrated his 18th birthday just two days beforehand.
His mother, Sheila Campbell, said: "He was left scarred for life.
"He was slashed right across his cheek, luckily missing his eye but leaving a very nasty cut.
"Stuart had dressed up as a ninja turtle and the sight of him in green and covered in all this blood was just horrendous."

Mrs Campbell has released pictures to the Journal of Stuart in hospital after they attack.
"They are horrible, terrible images, which I hope may deter people from drinking and doing something like this."

She also feels that glass bottles should now be banned from the nightspot in Woolacombe.
Stuart was taking three A-levels at Petroc and his grades suffered following the incident.
The injuries he sustained also prevented him from starting a life-saving course.
"It did have a dramatic effect on him," said Mrs Campbell.
"He wouldn't head into the village. He didn't want to go out unless his friends came and picked him up. He certainly didn't want to come face-to-face again with Toby who he had surfed with.
"That night was one of the first major times he had been out. He also became very shy about being photographed."
Mrs Campbell, a technology teacher at Braunton School, said her son is now beginning to recover.
Stuart, who is sponsored by O'Neill, is currently training in Bali and Australia, and is tipped to compete on the European stage.
He managed to pass three A-levels in graphic design, media and sports science and is also considering studying graphics at university.
Stuart's dad is Tom and he has a brother Jack, 17, and a sister Lucy, 14, who is also a successful young surfer.







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by jaeda owens, braunton
Friday, February 26 2010, 3:29PM
“u havnt even cleaned stuart up in the pics before they were taken... you have made it look alot worse than it is!!! i dont see this as fair n think people should know!!”
by anon, Braunton
Wednesday, February 17 2010, 9:39AM
“It doesn't leave much confidence in the judicial system in this country when a scumbag like this gets off so lightly for an unprovoked glassing, should of got sent down for life imho.
Stuart is a great lad and not exactly huge and in no way threatening. I only wish myself and few of his mates had been there at the time id have sorted the scumbag out.”
by AD, Devon
Tuesday, February 09 2010, 7:48PM
“why do we need to know the names of his family. this writer sucks!!! there must be better journalists in North Devon
i.e. anyone”
by WHB, Ilfracombe
Saturday, February 06 2010, 3:46PM
“Sorry I meant your spelling. :)”
by WHB, Ilfracombe
Saturday, February 06 2010, 3:44PM
“Dear Vain North Devon the correct way to spell attracts is as seen not with one t after the a. I would check you spelling before getting too cocky.”
by Unknown, devon
Saturday, February 06 2010, 1:47PM
“For the 3rd time my comment has been deleted and i would like the journal to comment on why this is? Please tell us all the objection you have to the facts?”
by David Lake, Drifting.
Saturday, February 06 2010, 11:23AM
“Dear Vain,
Hm, whole thing's a bit of a sorry story, really.
I notice that the NDJ took down a 4-point comment that really makes the story look very different. It must have been submitted by someone who knows the case pretty well.
Dear NDJ Ed - why did you remove the comment? Was it factually inaccurate? If that comment was accurate, it'd appear that the story as written is prone to the charge of bias.
I resent it when you remove comments. Hopefully you only do so for strictly legal reasons.”
by Vain, Devon, North
Saturday, February 06 2010, 9:27AM
“Have you noticed that the more comments this article atracts, the worse the spelling, punctuation and grammar gets? Except for this one, of course.”
by Gustaf, ilfracombe
Friday, February 05 2010, 4:03PM
“shomoga, ur clearly a WA@
by shomogo, Barnstaple
Friday, February 05 2010, 1:16PM
“I'd like to give the little git a slap, he should of faced at least three years inside for that, but I suspect his dad was the judge hence the pathetic sentence.”