Police have launched an investigation into reports that a man attacked a woman with a sex toy in a busy Glasgow pub.
The victim was accosted in Maggie Mays shortly before 6pm on Monday, when her male companion left the table to go to the bar.
It is understood he pushed the toy into the victim's mouth.
When the woman's companion returned from the bar he assaulted the attacker who had to be taken to hospital.
A worker at the Merchant City pub said: "Someone came in and said he had toys from Ann Summers. When the guy she was with saw what was happening he went absolutely mental and battered him."
Another eyewitness said: "The woman was really upset and started screaming. He got a real kicking and probably deserved it."
A spokeswoman for the Scottish Ambulance Service said a 55-year-old man was taken to the Glasgow Royal Infirmary after regaining consciousness.
A spokeswoman for Police Scotland said: "We were called to Maggie Mays in Trongate at 5.50pm to a report of an assault.A man was taken to hospital and later released. There have been no arrests and inquiries are ongoing."
Maggie Mays' general manager declined to comment.
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