Moment pub goer throws chair at woman knocking her unconscious

Angela Pringle ended up in hospital after Colin Clark threw a chair at her in a pub (Picture: North News & Pictures Ltd)

A woman was knocked unconscious and ended up in hospital after an angry pub goer hurled a chair at her.

Angela Pringle was drinking in the Beehive pub, in Sunderland, when Colin Clark attacked her after she jokingly threw a beer mat at him.

CCTV shows Clark stand up, pick up a chair and launch it at the mum, hitting her in the face.

Angela was left with a fractured tooth, a cut tongue, swelling to her face, bruising and a cut to her forehead that was ‘down to the bone’.

She was taken to hospital and Clark was arrested and charged with causing grievous bodily harm.

The incident happened in September 2022 and Clark was jailed for 16 months last July but Angela has now spoken publicly about the frightening attack.

She said she was having drinks at the pub with a few friends at the time.

‘Colin and I were acquaintances, we both drank in the pub and I was a regular,’ she explained.

‘I went over to him and his friends to say hi and he said he was going to take me home.

‘I told him ‘I don’t think so’ and he called be a ‘s**g’.

‘After I pulled him up on it, he apologised and I went back to my table.

‘As a joke I threw a soggy beer mat in his direction. It didn’t even hit him but he turned around and yelled ‘who did that’.

Colin Clark pleaded guilty to grievous bodily harm (Picture: North News & Pictures Ltd)

Angela with her injuries in hospital (Picture: North News & Pictures Ltd)

‘I told him it was me and the next thing I know, a wooden chair was inches away from my face – then I was out cold.’

She said that when she came around there was a woman with blue roll sitting between her legs.

She added: ‘The table was covered in blood, it looked as though someone had spilled three pints over it.

‘Police officers came and rushed me to hospital. They told me it was bad and that I had a gash that revealed my skull.

Clark throwing the chair at Angela (Picture: North News & Pictures Ltd)

Angela after leaving hospital (Picture: North News & Pictures Ltd)

‘I was told I was lucky to be alive by the doctors at the hospital.’

Clark, 37, of Kemble Square Southwick, Downhill, Sunderland, who has previous convictions, pleaded guilty to the assault charge at Newcastle Crown Court.

As well as 16 months behind bars, he received a five year restraining order at Newcastle Crown Court last July.

Angela feels the sentence was not tough enough.

The pub where the attack happened (Picture: North News & Pictures Ltd)

Clark picking up the chair he’s about to throw at Angela (Picture: North News & Pictures Ltd)

‘He could have killed me,’ she said. ‘He is a danger to people.

‘I still don’t feel 100%.

‘The scar is a constant reminder of what he has done. I still have to wear a lot of make up and for a while I wore a hat and my hair over my face.

‘I worry about going into Sunderland city centre unless I am with my partner.’

The court heard Clark has a troubled background but had not committed any violence in the 10 years before the attack.

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