Cork Prison inmate admits biting ear off remand prisoner in unprovoked attack

Judge Boyle was told that once the accused was put on anti-psychotic medication and it was administered there were no further problems

The injured party was sharing a cell with the accused for about one week, and the court heard the victim got on well with the defendant. File picture: Dan Linehan

A man’s ear was bitten off by a prisoner with whom he was sharing a cell at Cork Prison in a completely unprovoked attack.

The 45-year-old victim of this serious assault under the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act had no previous convictions of any kind and was only remanded in custody for a period of days before his ear was bitten off.