A violent thug who bit off part of his girlfriend's former partner's ear then bragged about it has been caged.
Liam Thornton, 24, kept encountering Kieran Swan during a night out before launching the horrifying attack in a nightclub.
Newcastle Crown Court heard how it was on August 14, 2021, that Mr Swan had been out for a meal and Thornton and his partner also happened to be in the same place in Blyth, Northumberland.