Man to be sentenced for biting off part of ear

A young man who bit off a portion of another man’s ear during a fight and then put it “in his jocks” in panic when gardaí arrived will be sentenced in July at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Declan McCann (aged 22) has expressed remorse for the incident and told gardaí he believed he had been defending himself. He had €5,000 in court to offer as compensation.