A JURY has failed to reach a verdict in the case of a teenager accused of glassing a former special constable while another man involved in the attack has been jailed.

The Burnley Crown Court panel was discharged after several hours of deliberations after it failed to decide if Steven Burton, 19, thrust a bottle or glass in Paul Anderson's face. Burton, of Rossetti Avenue, Burnley, faces re-trial in June.

He denied wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm and an alternative allegation of unlawful wounding, last November. Burton told the jury his friend Craig Doogan was responsible.

Doogan, 20, of Church Street, Padiham, was sent to prison for 15 months, after admitting unlawful wounding and a separate allegation of assault causing actual bodily harm.

The court heard he admitted kicking Mr Anderson while on the ground. Doogan is now behind bars after putting his neighbour Terry Hall in hospital last October. Mr Hall had complained of loud music from the defendant's home.

Sentencing Doogan on Friday, Judge Barbara Watson said he was not stupid and probably had a good future if he could put all his behaviour behind him.

The judge went on: "The court grows weary of dealing with young men like you, who, fuelled with copious amounts of alcohol, seem to think they can roam the streets of Burnley committing violence and foul-mouthed behaviour without any consequences. Well, that is not the case."

Roger Green, prosecuting, told the court Mr Hall had had about 10 halves of beer and was walking home. He was set upon, fell on to the pavement and drifted in and out of consciousness. Police found him on the ground and he was taken to hospital. Mr Green said second victim Paul Anderson, a special constable for 14 years, was confronted by a gang threatening to kill him and break his legs. He was glassed, lost consciousness and Doogan then ran up and kicked him as he was on the ground.