By Sarah Johnson PUBLISHED: 15:30 EST, 8 October 2012 | UPDATED: 07:09 EST, 20 September 2013 Heath Bowden (pictured) has been accused of biting off a man's ear and nose A 45-year-old man told another man he was going to eat him before almost biting off his nose and leaving it hanging by a thread, a jury heard. Heath Bowden then took a ‘chunk’ out of his victim Graham Brook’s right ear before sinking his teeth into his left ear, Gloucester crown court was told. Julian Kesner, prosecuting, said: ‘Having bitten through [Mr Brook's] nose, he bit a large chunk out of his right ear and then started on the left ear when he was pulled away.’
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Fight broke out in a pub in the centre of Gloucester after Graham Brook tried to take man outside to avoid causing further trouble
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Heath Bowden also took a 'chunk' out of victim Graham Brook's right ear before starting on the left one
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He has claimed he was acting in self defence
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On 8 November 2012 Mr Bowden was cleared of any charges after a jury accepted he was acting in self-defence when he bit off part of a man's ear.
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