Suspended sentence for man who bit part of security guard's ear off

A man who bit part of a security guard’s ear off after he was asked to leave a shop following a dispute with the store supervisor has been given a three and a half year suspended sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Stephen Ahearn (aged 27), of Stapolin Lawns, Baldoyle, picked up a knife from the deli counter in Centra on Wellington Quay, Dublin and threatened Kabir Mohammed with it. He then swung the weapon at him before he bit his ear.