A DRINKER had the end of his nose bitten off during a fight outside a Daventry town centre pub.
Darren Bird, aged 36, became involved in an argument with another drinker inside the Dun Cow pub in Brook Street, Daventry which then spilled out into the street on October 2 last year. Northampton Crown Court heard on Tuesday how he and another man were then captured fighting in the street by the town centre CCTV cameras. The victim suffered a serious wound to his nose when Bird bit off the tip which required hospital treatment.
Bird, of Countess Road, Spencer, Northampton, who accepted he had acted in excess of what could be considered as self-defence, pleaded guilty to inflicting actual bodily harm. Judge Lynn Tayton QC sentenced him to eight months’ imprisonment, suspended for two years, with 200 hours of unpaid work and a year’s probation supervision. He must also attend 10 days of an alcohol specified activity treatment requirement.
Kevin Barry, defending, showed the Judge Tayton the CCTV footage from within the pub and said it had been the victim who was initially the aggressor.