While alcohol is sometimes served during festive occasions or special celebrations, it can also lead to untoward incidents happening when one consumes too much of it.
A man in Singapore found himself thrown into jail after he got intoxicated and ended up biting off his colleague’s earlobe.
Man bites off colleague’s earlobe while drunk
According to ChannelNews Asia (CNA), it reported that 37-year-old Manohar Sankar, an Indian national, was drinking alcohol on the rooftop of a workers’ apartment on Upper Serangoon Road on May 19, 2020. His colleague, a 47-year-old Indian national, was also present at the time.
At around 10pm, Sankar suddenly had an outburst and began cursing his colleague for no apparent reason. He also directed the vulgarities towards the latter’s mother in Tamil.
Upset by his remarks, Sankar’s colleague told him to stop. However, he was approached by Sankar and grabbed from behind, who then sank his teeth in the former’s left ear.
A scuffle ensured between the two men, causing them to fall to the ground. It was at this point when Sankar bit off his colleague’s left earlobe.
Several other men eventually appeared and broke up the fight and gave the victim first aid. As for Sankar, he was left lying on the ground as he was still drunk.
Disfigured for life
The following day, Sankar’s colleague went to the hospital after he continued to feel pain in his left ear.
A doctor who cleaned, dressed, and stitched the injured ear later found that a total of 2cm by 2cm was bitten right off.
Although the wound has since been healed, the victim’s left earlobe remains disfigured for life.
Jailed for 5 months
On Monday (June 26), Sankar pleaded guilty to one count of voluntarily causing grievous hurt and another count of using abusive words. For his offense, he was sentenced to five months in jail and fined S$1,000 (RM3,455.77).
CNA reported that for voluntarily causing grievous hurt, he could potentially be jailed for up to 10 years and fined or caned. As for hurling abusive words, he could have been imprisoned for up to six months, fined S$5,000 (RM17,278.87) or both.
Back in Malaysia, an intoxicated man were caught punching a teen and his friend even posed for a selfie with the victim after the assault:
