Drinker bit end off man’s nose in pub fight

A GOOD Samaritan had the end of his nose bitten off after he tried to break up a fight outside a pub.

Ashley Carey, 35, took a 1cm chunk off his victim’s nose in the late-night confrontation.

Cardiff Crown Court heard Mathew Tame, 27, tried to break up a fight between Carey and a friend.

But Carey then turned on him and wrestled him to the floor before biting a chunk off the front of his nose.

Prosecutor Geoff Jones said: “The complainant saw Carey head-butt his friend in a totally unprovoked attack.

“In order to prevent him causing any further injury, he grabbed the defendant around the neck.

“This gave rise to a struggle and both men fell to the floor.

“The victim remembers Carey putting his teeth onto his nose and not letting go until he put his finger into his left eye corner of the defendant’s face.”

The court heard that the pair were eventually broken up by other customers outside The Walnut Tree pub, in Bridgend, on April 25, 2015.

An impact statement written by Mr Tame, from Bridgend, was read out by Mr Jones, which said that he has permanent scarring on his face. Mr Jones said: “He finds it embarrassing and it upset his two young children.”

The court heard that Carey has previous convictions which include affray and assault .

Andrew Taylor, defending, said: “He is a man in my submission who has a split personality.

“Ashley Carey and drinking do not go together.”

Carey, of Heol Cambrensis, Bridgend, pleaded guilty to wounding only just before a trial was due to take place.

He was sentenced to 16 months in prison.