Drinker woke up with ear hanging off

A drinker awoke from a night out to find his ear hanging off and body pockmarked with bruises – but no memory of what happened.

Devon and Cornwall Police said Peter Wilkinson, 53, required 25 stitches for his left ear to be sown back together, but remembered nothing between leaving a bar and arriving home.

An investigation has been launched to establish whether he was attacked.