Three years for biting face of club doorman

11:24am Tuesday 13th November 2007

A DOORMAN at an Eastleigh club was bitten in the face when he refused a punter entry to the premises because he would not subject himself to a body search.

Carl Chambers, pictured above, was restrained but then wrestled Richard McGuire to the ground at the Star Bar where he eventually let go of him.

Prosecutor Richard Withey told Southampton Crown Court it was not a novel incident. Chambers had four previous convictions for biting people, three of them to the face and once to the legs of a police officer.

Chambers, 31, of Shirley Road, Yeovil, was convicted of causing actual bodily harm. He had pleaded not guilty, claiming he had acted in self defence after being restrained because he couldn't breathe.

Judge Jeremy Burdford QC told Chambers he was a dangerous offender and jailed him for three years. His licence was also extended.