rsherdley published Inmate sectioned after he bit off and 'swallowed' prison...

An inmate bit off a prison officer's ear and may have swallowed it at HMP Nottingham in a vicious attack, a court heard.John Bockarie, 38, had been serving an eight-week prison sentence for harassment when he plunged his teeth into the right lobe of a senior officer in A Wing on July 30 last year.Bockarie was sentenced after he previously admitted causing grievous bodily harm with intent to the officer, who had to be tested for HIV and Hepatitis A and B after the attack, but got the...