Assailant jailed for biting off man’s nose

A father-of-two has been jailed for two years for a savage, unprovoked attack on another man in a pub in which he bit off part of his victim’s nose and spat it out.

Judge Patrick J Moran said: “This was a savage act of violence, a man sitting in a licensed premises with his wife suddenly to be confronted by someone like you and have part of their body bitten off. It is barbaric.

“This was a very nasty act of savagery. People cannot go into licensed premises and behave like animals.”