BY JESSICA ROUSE

A woman has been charged after she allegedly smashed a schooner glass over the head of her defacto partner at Wests New Lambton overnight.

Police say they were called to Wests at about 2:30 this morning where they arrested the 23-year-old woman for the offence.

She’s out on conditional bail and has been charged with allegedly causing grevious bodily harm, domestic assault and she was also found to have a small amount of prohibited drugs in her possession.

The 35-year-old man was treated at the John Hunter Hospital for facial injuries.

The woman will face Newcastle Local Court on 17th August.