Horrific moment thug slices off clubber's ear in jealous rage for dancing with his girlfriend on birthday night out

The Sun

15 hours ago

THIS is the horrific moment a thug sliced off a clubber's ear for dancing with his girlfriend on a birthday night out.
Beau Lyons, 27, flew into a jealous rage on the "mini bar crawl" with partner Shaunnia Connolly and friends.
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Footage shows the yob launching himself at Shane Edwards after he noticed the victim chatting and dancing with Shaunnia.
Lyons then picked up a glass and smashed it into the side of Shane's face before hurling him into a nearby table.
A bouncer can be seen leaping into action as he pulls the thug off Shane in front of horrified revellers at Mojo's club in Newport, Wales.
Lyons has now been jailed for three years after he pleaded guilty to wounding with intent and possession of an offensive weapon.
Newport Crown Court was told the Shane was rushed to hospital following the horror in March with a 5cm wound through his left ear.
The glass had cut through all layers of skin tissue and the underlying structures of the ear - exposing cartilage and effectively splitting the ear in two.
In a victim impact statement, Shane told how he has been "crying a lot" and now feels like he is "deformed".
He also told the court he has "very bad anxiety" and has nightmares about being attacked every night.
Shane added: "I'm always looking over my shoulder when I am out, and go out with friends all the time, I don't want to be by myself. If it wasn't for one friend in particular I wouldn't be going out at all anywhere.
"Day to day I struggle to cope, I am anxious and paranoid and suffer with depression badly anyway but this incident made it worse.
"My left ear is permanently deformed and strangers have been making comments about it and someone said I looked like something out of Star Wars which has made my confidence way down.
"I have problems with my ear, it was leaking liquid and I kept having to go to hospital to get it redressed and it got infected.
"Since the incident I've had trouble hearing out of my injured ear which makes it hard to be in conversation."
Sentencing, Judge Eugene Egan said Lyons used the glass as a "weapon" to slice away part of Shane's ear.
He continued: "You well and truly launched yourself at the victim in this case and brought the glass crashing down on the left side of his ear.
"You were under the influence of alcohol and cocaine was in your system."
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