{"id":333655,"date":"2017-07-03T12:57:57","date_gmt":"2017-07-03T12:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=333655"},"modified":"2017-07-03T12:57:57","modified_gmt":"2017-07-03T12:57:57","slug":"mans-fingertip-bitten-off-at-sydney-wedding-reception","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/07\/mans-fingertip-bitten-off-at-sydney-wedding-reception\/","title":{"rendered":"Man’s fingertip bitten off at Sydney wedding reception"},"content":{"rendered":"
A man has been arrested after allegedly biting off a wedding guest’s fingertip at a reception in Sydney.<\/p>\n
The 42-year-old intruder walked into the private function at a pub on Saturday night and tried to steal handbags, the venue said.<\/p>\n
When guests confronted him, a scuffle broke out and he severed a 47-year-old man’s fingertip, according to police.<\/p>\n
The intruder was charged by police with an assault offence. The victim’s finger could not be saved, local media said.<\/p>\n
The pub’s licence holder, Fred Holovinsky, said experienced staff including a security guard were present at the time.<\/p>\n
“But when somebody comes and creates a problem, you cannot control that,” he said.<\/p>\n
“(And) when you have got 50 or 60 people who take offence at somebody trying to steal a lady’s handbag, how are you going to control that?”<\/p>\n
The wounded man was taken to hospital for treatment and later released.<\/p>\n
It was not the only violence on the night – police were later forced to break up a fight outside the pub.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A man has been arrested after allegedly biting off a wedding guest’s fingertip at a reception in Sydney. The 42-year-old intruder walked into the private function at a pub on Saturday night and tried to steal handbags, the venue said. When guests confronted him, a scuffle broke out and he severed a 47-year-old man’s fingertip, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[117],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n