Darren Younger carried out the ‘unprovoked assault’ in Bettws, leaving his sufferer requiring 9 stitches
A person has been jailed after he bit one other man’s cheek so arduous he was left with everlasting scarring, a court docket heard. Darren Younger, aged 36, carried out the “unprovoked assault” on his sufferer in a residential space in Bettws, Newport.
Younger, of no mounted abode, felt his sufferer was disrespecting him and he subsequently threatened him and made threats in opposition to his household. After the ordeal had seemingly calmed down, the sufferer approached Younger to talk to him. Nonetheless, it was at this level that Younger punched him after which proceeded to chunk his cheek.
At a sentencing listening to at Cardiff Crown Court docket on Monday, July 21, Decide Matthew Porter-Bryant addressed Younger and advised him that he bit the person with “sufficient power to trigger horrible accidents”. Don’t miss a court docket report by signing up to our crime e-newsletter right here.
The sufferer was taken to hospital and required 9 stitches following the incident, which occurred on November 2, 2024. The court docket heard that scarring stays on his cheek and he’s full of emotions of tension.
In mitigation, the court docket heard that Younger had skilled difficulties with substance abuse and had been recognized with ADHD and borderline schizophrenia.
The court docket was additionally advised that Younger had earlier convictions together with for battery, theft, possession of a bladed article, and harassment, and he was already serving a suspended sentence on the time of his newest offence.
Summing up the case, Decide Porter-Bryant made Younger the topic of a restraining order prohibiting him from contacting his sufferer or getting into the Bettws space of Newport.
Having been convicted of grievous bodily hurt with intent, Younger was handed an prolonged sentence comprising a custodial sentence of 5 years and 9 months, and an prolonged licence interval of two years.
