A MAN who bit another’s ear in a fight and then acted aggressively in Oban’s hospital has been ordered to pay £1,000 in compensation and carry out 260 hours of unpaid work.
An August trial found Darren Reid, 28, of 5 Downcraig Grove, Glasgow, guilty of assaulting the man at an Oban hotel on October 7 last year, when Reid engaged him in a stand-up fight and bit him on the ear to his severe injury and disfigurement.
Reid had admitted assaulting, obstructing or hindering a doctor and clerical officer at the Lorn and Islands District General Hospital that night by swearing and acting in an aggressive manner.