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| Reggae row chef bit off man's ear | Reggae row chef bit off man's ear |
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| A pastry chef chewed off part of a builder's ear after an argument about reggae, a court has been told. | |
| Michael Jenkins, from Neasden, north-west London, was on a career break working as a builder when he had the row, Southwark Crown Court heard. | |
| The 25-year-old was hit over the head with a spanner by Levi Edwards, before he chewed off part of Mr Edwards' earlobe in September 2006. | The 25-year-old was hit over the head with a spanner by Levi Edwards, before he chewed off part of Mr Edwards' earlobe in September 2006. |
| He pleaded guilty to wounding and was given a 12-month suspended sentence. | He pleaded guilty to wounding and was given a 12-month suspended sentence. |
| Jenkins, whose venison roulade won him dinner for two at one of Gordon Ramsay's restaurants, decided to swap the "high pressured" environment of the kitchen by working on a building site. | Jenkins, whose venison roulade won him dinner for two at one of Gordon Ramsay's restaurants, decided to swap the "high pressured" environment of the kitchen by working on a building site. |
| Permanently disfigured | Permanently disfigured |
| But his musical difference of opinion with Mr Edwards on the site ended in a fight. | But his musical difference of opinion with Mr Edwards on the site ended in a fight. |
| After an exchange of punches and being hit over the head with a spanner, Jenkins bit the other man's ear. When Mr Edwards tried to pull him off, part of his lobe ripped off. | After an exchange of punches and being hit over the head with a spanner, Jenkins bit the other man's ear. When Mr Edwards tried to pull him off, part of his lobe ripped off. |
| The apologetic defendant later handed it back to him suggesting he went to hospital "to get it sewed back on" but doctors were unable to do so. | The apologetic defendant later handed it back to him suggesting he went to hospital "to get it sewed back on" but doctors were unable to do so. |
| Although he had left his victim permanently disfigured, Recorder George Leggatt QC decided that Jenkins was hit with a spanner first. | Although he had left his victim permanently disfigured, Recorder George Leggatt QC decided that Jenkins was hit with a spanner first. |
| He said together with his guilty plea and remorse, it meant that a suspended sentence was proportionate. | He said together with his guilty plea and remorse, it meant that a suspended sentence was proportionate. |