Man jailed for nose biting

Jeffrey Jones will be spending the next 18 months in jail after biting another man’s nose during a drink-fuelled altercation.

Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry handed down the sentence at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, where Jones, 34, of Puruni, Upper Mazaruni River, Essequibo, yesterday pleaded guilty to unlawfully and maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm on Dallie Claude at Puruni, on October 4.

Prosecutor Bharat Mangru said that on the day of the altercation,