A MAN who bit his partner after assaulting her teenage son has been given a suspended jail term.
Philip Edward Bloomer, 48, was sentenced at Carlisle Crown Court today (THURS) for two offences. He had admitted unlawfully wounding his now ex-partner Claire Woods and assaulting her 19-year-old son, Samuel, by beating him during an incident at an address in Talkin on March 4.
Bloomer was said to have hit the teenager “two to three times” in the head with a clenched fist. His mother put her hand over the face of Bloomer, who then bit down on her left index finger and left her bleeding from a “ragged open wound” which left her needing a tetanus shot and antibiotics.
Bloomer, a highly regarded transport manager with no previous convictions or cautions, was said to have suffered a “momentary loss of self-control” for which he had apologised.
After hearing all submissions, Mr Justice William Davis suspended a 12-month prison sentence for two years. He ordered Bloomer, of Hayton, Brampton, near Carlisle, to complete 80 hours’ unpaid work, and to pay Miss Woods £500 compensation.
Mr Justice Davis said of Bloomer’s offending: “It is grotesque behaviour.”
