Soldier dressed as Colonel Gaddafi 'savagely bit off EAR of fellow reveller on pub crawl in brutal Halloween attack'
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A soldier dressed as Colonel Gaddafi bit off the ear of a pubgoer - and spat it onto the floor in a brutal Halloween attack, a court heard today.
Geraint Jones, 25, was wearing a black curly wig and bright orange tribal robes to mirror the former Libyan dictator when he sunk his teeth into the ear of his shocked victim, the court was told.
Jurors were told his alleged victim, Gwynant Jones, gave police a vivid description of the Halloween attacker, who was spotted on CCTV in his Gaddaffi garb.
Mock Gaddafi Jones, a soldier with the Territorial Army, was accused of carrying out the "cowardly and unprovoked" attack on a fancy night out with other friends during a pub crawl.
Prosecutor Ian Wright told how the Gaddafi-clad reveller was in the bar for just six minutes when he sank his teeth into Jones' left ear from behind.
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Mr Wright said: "He was seen giving high fives in the street afterwards."
Alleged victim Jones was at the Academy bar in the seaside town of Aberystwyth, West Wales, when he was allegedly "savaged" by the fancy dress despot.
Mr Wright said: "He approached from behind and placed his hands on his shoulder before biting his left ear - ripping the lower section off."
Mr Jones said: "All I can remember is being at the bar and then suddenly feeling a lot of pain.
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"I leaned forward and I think that's when my ear must have ripped off and I saw lots of blood."
He said he had not spoken nor argued with the fancy dress party before being attacked.
The court heard the severed ear lobe was later recovered from the floor by a barman but it was not possible to reattach it.
Jones had an operation at Morriston Hospital, Swansea, and needs further reconstructive surgery.
Attacker Jones, 25, admits biting him - but insists he did not mean for the victim's ear to be torn off.
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He claimed the ear lobe was accidentally torn off when another man tried to "pull" him away.
Friend William Skinner told how he stepped in to separate the two. But he said: "The damage had already been done by that time."
Jones, of Queen's Avenue, Aberystwyth, has pleaded guilty to inflicting grievous bodily harm. He denies causing grievous bodily harm with intent.
The trial continues.