An innocent man got more than what he bargained for when he decided to help his friend who was involved in a street fight.
A company director had part of his ear bitten off in an attack by a group of men as he made his way home from a night out with his fiancee.
30-year old Mike O’Connor had just finished a meal with Laura Dolan when he saw his friend being attacked in the street.
The gang of four or five men were said to be attacking Martin McColl as they knocked the 25-year-old unconscious. Mike went to his aid, but ‘felt a rip’ as the top of his left ear was bitten off in the struggle which ensued.
A piece of his ear was retrieved by police at the scene in Bridge Street, Morpeth, Northumberland, and is being tested for the DNA of his attacker.
Unfortunately, plastic surgeons were unable to re-attach it, and Mike faces months of painful skin grafts to repair the damage.
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