Welshman Lewis Alexander, aged 23, has been jailed for 12 months after pleading guilty to two counts of causing actual bodily harm.
Alexander punched Geraint Healy after getting drunk at a house party, causing Healy to lose his two front teeth. The South Wales Argus reports that prosecutor Eugene Egan told Newport Crown Court: “He was asked to leave the party and the defendant motioned to headbutt Mr Healy but didn’t.
He then approached him as he was sat on the sofa and punched him with significant force in the mouth. “Mr Healy lost two of his front teeth.
He will need restorative dental treatment. Another man, James Bates, came to help him and Alexander then bit his finger. There was hostility shown towards Mr Healy because of his sexual