Let-off for gold dealer who glassed carpenter with champagne flute

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A gold dealer who glassed a carpenter in the face with a champagne flute in a row over photos taken at a sushi restaurant has been spared jail. Paul Withers, 34, attacked David Phillips after meeting him at Sushi Samba at the top of the Heron Tower in London. Mr Phillips and a friend had been seated at the same table as Withers on 31 February, and had asked him to take some photos on his mobile phone. Instead of…

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