A dad-of-three found part of his severed ear on the floor after he said he was attacked by a stranger in a takeaway shop.
Darren Melling, 39, from Old Swan in Liverpool had returned from London after watched Everton play Brentford on August 27.
He then went to meet his cousin for a drink in the bar of Bongo's Bingo close to the River Mersey, reports Liverpool Echo.