A Good Samaritan required a tetanus shot after having his ear badly bitten by a brawling thug who was fighting outside a popular nightclub.Greg Duncan stepped in to try and break up the fight between Christopher Simpson and another man but ended up being attacked and injured.Simpson - who has a history of biting his victims - turned on Mr Duncan and rained punches on him before chewing his ear and knocking him to the ground.Mr Duncan's ear was left bleeding and he was taken to Perth Royal Infirmary and given a tetanus injection, Perth Sheriff Court was told.Fiscal depute Elizabeth Hodgson told the court: "The complainer had been on a night out and exited the Loft nightclub into Scott Street in Perth."He observed two males fighting and he tried to defuse the situation.
He approached the accused, who turned and shouted at him."The accused was then seen to be punching the complainer. The complainer made efforts to defend himself, trying to protect his head, but the accused bit him on the ear - causing the skin to burst and bleed."The complainer fell to the ground as a result.
The police attended and the next thing the complainer remembers is waking up with officers around him."He was taken to Perth Royal Infirmary.
He did not require to have further treatment, but he did need to have a tetanus injection. The accused later handed himself in."Solicitor Billy Somerville, defending, said: "The complainer was interjecting in order to stop another matter and unfortunately that resulted in this happening."Simpson, 21, from Abernethy, admitted assaulting Mr Duncan by punching and biting him to his injury in Perth city centre on 22 August 2021.Sheriff William Wood said: "It is to your limited credit that you have been out of trouble
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