Four years for man who bit off piece of policewoman's ear in Germany

NAMPA / DPA

2025-05-31

Cologne (dpa) - A 41-year-old man who bit off a piece of a policewoman's ear in the German city of Cologne has been sentenced to four years in prison. Additionally, he must pay the 26-year-old policewoman ?30,000 ($34,045). The suffering he caused was "hardly to be surpassed," the presiding judge Necmettin Gül at the Cologne Regional Court told the perpetrator on Friday. He said it was an "extremely serious crime." The defendant was convicted......

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