Geraint Jones attacked his Machynlleth victim on a Halloween night out
An ex-squaddie who was on a night out dressed up as Colonel Gaddafi when he bit a man’s ear off has been jailed.
Geraint Jones attacked Gwynant Jones while out celebrating Halloween. He had denied grievous bodily harm with intent but admitted GBH.
His victim, from Machynlleth , was left with half of his ear missing following the attack in Abersytwyth. He said he was bitten with such force that his whole body was pulled down during the savage assault.
Attacker Jones, 25, of Aberystwyth, had said he had only intended to shock the mobile app designer.
He told his trial: “I accept biting Gwynant’s ear, that day I started to drink while watching the rugby during the afternoon.
“When I approached him, my intention was to bite his ear. It’s a horrible thing to do but it was not my intention to bite it off.”
The pair had crossed paths in a bar in the town on October 31, 2015. Within minutes, after “some pushing and shoving”, Jones sank his teeth into his victim.
At Swansea crown court today, he was jailed for 16 months. The judge, Geraint Walters, told him he had “used his teeth as a weapon”.
Victim Gwynant Jones has previously told the Daily Post of the horrific moment he was attacked.
He said he still hadn’t come to terms with wat he had been through, adding: “What I’m left asking is why did it happen to me?
“It was obviously a shock.
“I didn’t realise how much of my ear had gone at first until somebody told me: ‘quite a lot’.
“There’s no point thinking too much about it.
“The only thing going around in my mind is why?”
Mr Jones’ ear will have to be rebuilt using cartilage from one of his ribs.
http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/ex-squaddie-dressed-gaddafi-who-12774835
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