Man denies biting part of brother's finger off at Limerick wedding party

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Chukwuma Georgewill-Manjor, a medical devices salesman, with an address at Curragh Birin, Castletroy, Limerick, told Limerick Circuit Criminal Court Tuesday, that his brother Uche Georgewill-Manjor head-butted him and bit off the top of his right index finger.

A man who claimed his brother bit off part of his finger at a party celebrating his wedding, denied under cross examination by the accused’s barrister that he attacked the accused first.

READ MORE: Ireland weather: Met Éireann predicts 'uncertain' week ahead but hopes of Bank Holiday scorcher remain Chukwuma said Uche arrived outside his house the following day as he and his wife Jessica hosted a small post wedding gathering and he and Uche got involved in a verbal argument.The witness said the accused then bit off the tip of his right index finger as they both fought with one another on the street outside his home.

Chukwuma said his wife Jessica “ushered” him back into their home, but he was “filled with rage” and he went back out and struck the accused.Under cross examination by the Uche’s barrister, senior counsel, Brian McInerney, Chukwuma acknowledged he had subsequently been convicted in March 2023 of assaulting a man causing him harm in a pub in Limerick City in July 2019.Mr McInerney put it to Chukwuma he had been the “aggressor” and had initially attacked Uche who was “trying to defend himself”.

 

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