Let-off for insurance broker who smashed woman’s jaw

An insurance broker who fractured a female friend’s jaw in three places has escaped jail. Steven Herbert, 56, was out drinking with his daughter when he joined friends Donna West and Lloyd Cross at Caffe Vergnano near Fenchurch Street station in the City of London. Father of three Herbert suspected Mr Cross of flirting with his daughter and demanded Mr Cross hand over his phone. When he refused Herbert smacked him across the face, Inner London Crown Court heard. Mr…