Dad had end of his nose bitten off as he tried to stop brawl

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

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

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

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

Prosecuting, 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 outside the pub.

“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.”

Cardiff Crown Court heard that the pair were eventually broken up by other punters outside The Walnut Tree pub, in Bridgend, on April 25, 2015.

An impact statement written by Mr Tame, of Bridgend, was read out by Mr Jones, which said that he has permanent scarring on his face.

“The end of his nose changes colour to purple and gets darker when he is out in the cold,” Mr Jones said.

“He finds the vision of it embarrassing and it upset his two young children.”

The court heard that Carey has previous convictions including affray and assault charges.

He once headbutted a former partner in the face when she was holding her one-year-old child.

Defending, Andrew Taylor 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 imprisonment by Judge Crowther QC.