Harsco Infrastructure, which is part of the worldwide industrial services and engineered products provider Harsco Corporation, has announced a new contract which adds significantly to its industrial maintenance sector order book. The contract provides scaffolding support to the 2,000 acre Tata Steel plant in Scunthorpe, a major location where Harsco Metals also provides onsite metal recovery and material handling services to Tata’s steelmaking operations.
The contract reinforces Harsco Infrastructure’s increasing global focus on the industrial maintenance and infrastructure sectors. It also demonstrates the company’s growing multi-discipline relationship with the Tata Group, following the announcement of other recent new orders in India.
Harsco’s industrial maintenance expertise was seen as a principal factor in winning the award, as the Company identified key areas in which savings could be made through increased efficiencies and reduced waste. “Our decision to move to a new work-at-height contract provider was not one that was taken lightly,” said Dave Jones, Contracts Manager at Tata Steel in Scunthorpe.
Unlike traditional scaffolding arrangements (in which scaffolding providers normally charge by the hour based on how many scaffolders were provided and over what period) Harsco Infrastructure proposed a solutions-focused approach built around the project requirements. “The development of this solutions-focused approach will be a radical change but one that will save us a lot of money,” adds Dave Jones. “These savings, along with Harsco’s best-in-industry operations standards, give me confidence that benefits across the whole site will be felt quickly.“
Harsco Infrastructure is one of the world’s largest and most complete providers of engineered scaffolding, shoring and forming systems as well as painting and insulating services, for major construction and industrial maintenance projects.
Ivor Harrington, Harsco Executive Vice President and Harsco Infrastructure Group CEO commented, “This order from one of the world’s largest blue chip organisations highlights the progress that we have made in increasing our presence in the industrial and key infrastructure sectors. Our combination of experience and expertise makes us ideally placed to continue this growth and help deliver improved performance for some of the biggest players in this important market.”
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Visitors to Chatsworth House in Derbyshire have been invited up into the scaffolding this summer to watch the building’s £14m restoration at close hand.
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SIG has sold Beaver 84, its UK scaffolding and fencing sale and hire operation, to Altrad Group.The sale is effective immediately.
Altrad is a privately owned French manufacturer, hirer and distributor of scaffolding equipment with annual revenues in 2010 of about €415m (£372m) and subsidiary operations across Europe, Africa, Asia and America. The acquisition of Beaver 84 marks its intention to grow in the UK scaffolding market.
“SIG maintains an active portfolio review process to assess the fit with other parts of the group and SIG’s ability to grow and develop each business going forward,” said strategic development director Andrew Greenaway. “Following this review we believe that Beaver 84 has greater potential for growth within the Altrad Group, who as one of Europe’s largest scaffolding businesses, are better positioned to take Beaver 84 forward in its chosen markets.”
Warning of mass “Walkout’s” involving thousands of workers across the United Kingdom in a “National Day of Action”.As previously reported on ScaffMag there has been demonstrations outside Saltend for months with no letup in site.
The industrial action started in March when hundreds of Redhall Group workers were made redundant by Viverco Fuels. Viverco said that the project was behind schedule and with out notice terminated Redhall’s contract which intern made hundreds of workers including Electricians and Scaffolders redundant.
Yesterday saw a series of demonstrations outside Saltend with a warning that thousands of workers at power stations and oil refinery sites across the UK would be involved in a “National Day Of Action”.
Union officials from across the Engineering and Construction Industry will meet next week to discuss organising a “National Day Of Action” unless the row is resolved.
The Day of action would involve thousands of workers across the UK which would bring back memories of the row over foreign labour at LOR (Lindsey Oil Refinery) in North Lincolnshire which led to “Wildcat Walkouts” across the country two years ago.
Viverco Fuels yesterday said that they made an offer of £3,500 to hundreds of Redhall workers affected by the termination of the contract.
They also said “We have continually stressed to the unions that, when new contractors are in place, any new employment opportunities will be advertised so that former Redhall workers can apply for the jobs.
“The new contractors will be impacted by ongoing protest activity, which is why we are trying to resolve the situation quickly for the benefit of all concerned said a spokesman.
A Humberside police spokesman said a 56-year-old man had been arrested outside the plant under Section 14 of the Public Order Act and taken to a police station in Hull.
Maria Ludkin, the GMB’s legal officer, said: “GMB members who have been locked out of the site since March have been engaged in lawful, legal protest against BP and the main contractors.
“Every attempt by the union to get BP to reopen the site to allow our members to complete this engineering project has been met with a blank refusal to even acknowledge that these workers have rights which are being trampled upon.
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GMB official Phil Whitehurst was arrested yesterday by Humberside Police for a public order offence outside the Saltend plant near Hull.GMB Phil Whitehurst
A national official of a leading trade union was arrested yesterday at the site of a new bio-ethanol plant which has been at the centre of an increasingly bitter row over jobs.
Sources said GMB official Phil Whitehurst was arrested by Humberside Police under Section 14 of the Public Order Act outside the plant at Saltend, near Hull.
Mr Whitehurst is due to attend peace talks today in the latest attempt to resolve the dispute, which flared months ago after hundreds of workers were laid off, sparking unofficial industrial action.
A series of demonstrations have been held outside the site and there was a warning yesterday that thousands of workers at power station and oil refinery sites across the UK could be involved in a national day of action.
A Humberside police spokesman said a 56-year-old man had been arrested outside the plant under Section 14 of the Public Order Act and taken to a police station in Hull.
A GMB spokesman said: “Our legal officers have been examining the police use of Section 14 and the union plans to issue a legal challenge.”
“GMB will challenge any charge in the courts and is preparing a complaint to the Police Complaints Authority, in relation to the provocative and overbearing policing of this dispute.”
Move marks end of 16-year tie-up with the Construction Skills Certification SchemeThe future of the industry’s skills card scheme was thrown into question this week after the CITB revealed it is cutting its ties with the scheme.
CITB-ConstructionSkills – which administers the Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS), used by over 1.6 million workers – revealed it has put its contract on notice.
The move, prompted by commercial differences, ends an often turbulent 16-year partnership. Sources close to the situation claimed personality clashes and disputes over how income had been divided between between the two bodies had contributed to the schism.
The news has sparked fears that the CSCS card scheme will be damaged by the end of its association with the industry’s government-backed skills council.
CSCS cards are demanded as proof of occupational competence by most major clients and contractors on sites.
James Wates, chairman of CITB, admitted the relationship had been difficult but dismissed any suggestion of a recent falling out.
He said: “It’s been a challenging relationship because it’s been a difficult contract for both sides to work within. But I don’t think there’s been real dissonance.
“The [recent] disagreement was around detailed terms of the contract, which I won’t go into because they’re commercial.”
Mark Farrar, CITB chief executive, said: “CITB continues to fully support the scheme for the duration of our agreed contract.”
The notice period will last five years unless the two parties terminate the contract earlier by mutual agreement.
The CSCS indicated it will consult on how best to administer the scheme.
The falling out between two bodies has provoked dismay from the industry.
One source close to the CSCS said: “You’ve got to ask questions when two boards that are drawn from the same organisations can’t agree.”
Workers demolishing 18 boarded up houses was saved by tucking into there breakfast as the scaffolding they were working on collapsed.The workers were lucky to be alive after the scaffolding and Monoflex came crashing down to the street below in strong winds.
The collapse happend at 10:25am on Saturday on Wellington Road in Hanley Stoke on Trent. Two parked cars were damaged by the scaffold.
The HSE are now investigating into how this accident happened but one theory is that the wind had pull the scaffold over in 50 mph gusts.
Richard Marson, aged 26, said: “We were five minutes’ late going back out after our breakfast and if we had been on time we could have been killed.
“My sausage and egg butty saved my life.”
Daniel Simpson, aged 19, added: “We were working on the scaffolding just before it collapsed.
“Then we were in the cabin having breakfast and just heard it come crashing down.”
Chris Morrall, aged 19, said: “If this had happened any earlier or later, I would’ve been dead.”
Paramedics were called to Wellington Road, although no-one was injured.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: “The workmen had a very lucky escape given the size of the scaffolding.”
The scene of the collapse
Residents of Wellington Road described hearing an ‘almighty bang’ as the scaffolding crashed to the ground.
Dangerous structure officers from Stoke-on-Trent City Council went out to Wellington Road.
A council spokesman said: “Our investigation will look into the causes of the accident. We are grateful that no-one was hit by the scaffolding and no-one was injured.
“You cannot legislate for freak weather. We are satisfied that people acted swiftly and we will monitor the situation.”
A Scaffolder who bit off “a substantial” part of another man’s ear has been jailed for four years.Simon Burrows, aged 35, was already on bail for another offence of inflicting grievous bodily harm and for crashing his car through a toll barrier on the Cleddau Bridge.
Kevin Riordan, prosecuting, told Swansea crown court that Burrows had been in a long, on-off relationship with Emma Bancroft.
On October 13 he saw her in the street and a row developed. Burrows hit her several times to the face and Miss Bancroft ran to the home of her mother in Clare Walk, Pembroke.
Her mother answered the door to find Burrows standing over Miss Bancroft, punching her in the face as she held her two and a half year old daughter.
Burrows drove away from the scene, forcing other drivers to take evasive action. When he reached the Cleddau Bridge he smashed through the barrier.
Mr Riordan said when police caught up with Burrows they saw him get out of the car holding a length of rope. He was detained under the Mental Health Act because he appeared to be suicidal.
A blood test showed he was almost twice over the drink drive limit.
Burrows admitted inflicting gbh, dangerous driving and drink driving.
Mr Riordan said he was granted bail.
On December 1 he went to a flat in Tenby Court, Monkton, where some friends were drinking.
One of the visitors, Lloyd Anthony Richard Jenkins, thought Burrows was about to attack another man and intervened.
Burrows responded by biting his ear and wouldn’t let go even when Mr Jenkins put a thumb into one of his eyes.
Burrows bit off part of the ear and spat it out.
He denied inflicting grievous bodily harm but was convicted by a jury.
He maintained that although he had placed his teeth onto the ear the damaging biting had happened because someone had hit his chin from below.
Judge Keith Thomas said the father of six, a scaffolder, had used his teeth as a weapon.
The attack on Miss Bancroft, he added, had involved the deliberate targeting of a vulnerable person.
Scaffolding around a row of terraced houses due for demolition in north Staffordshire has collapsed.
The scene of the collapse
The scaffolding was in place in Wellington Road in the Hanley area of Stoke-on-Trent.
A spokesman for West Midlands Ambulance Service said they were called to the street at 1030 BST.
He added: “Although there were workmen there, no-one was hurt; a very lucky escape indeed given the size of the structure that had fallen.”
Fire crews also attended the scene.
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Harsco Infrastructure, which is part of the worldwide industrial services and engineered products provider Harsco Corporation, has announced a new contract which adds significantly to its industrial maintenance sector order book. The contract provides scaffolding support to the 2,000 acre Tata Steel plant in Scunthorpe, a major location where Harsco Metals also provides onsite metal recovery and material handling services to Tata’s steelmaking operations.
The contract reinforces Harsco Infrastructure’s increasing global focus on the industrial maintenance and infrastructure sectors. It also demonstrates the company’s growing multi-discipline relationship with the Tata Group, following the announcement of other recent new orders in India.
Harsco’s industrial maintenance expertise was seen as a principal factor in winning the award, as the Company identified key areas in which savings could be made through increased efficiencies and reduced waste. “Our decision to move to a new work-at-height contract provider was not one that was taken lightly,” said Dave Jones, Contracts Manager at Tata Steel in Scunthorpe.
Unlike traditional scaffolding arrangements (in which scaffolding providers normally charge by the hour based on how many scaffolders were provided and over what period) Harsco Infrastructure proposed a solutions-focused approach built around the project requirements. “The development of this solutions-focused approach will be a radical change but one that will save us a lot of money,” adds Dave Jones. “These savings, along with Harsco’s best-in-industry operations standards, give me confidence that benefits across the whole site will be felt quickly.“
Harsco Infrastructure is one of the world’s largest and most complete providers of engineered scaffolding, shoring and forming systems as well as painting and insulating services, for major construction and industrial maintenance projects.
Ivor Harrington, Harsco Executive Vice President and Harsco Infrastructure Group CEO commented, “This order from one of the world’s largest blue chip organisations highlights the progress that we have made in increasing our presence in the industrial and key infrastructure sectors. Our combination of experience and expertise makes us ideally placed to continue this growth and help deliver improved performance for some of the biggest players in this important market.”
The sale is effective immediately.
Altrad is a privately owned French manufacturer, hirer and distributor of scaffolding equipment with annual revenues in 2010 of about €415m (£372m) and subsidiary operations across Europe, Africa, Asia and America. The acquisition of Beaver 84 marks its intention to grow in the UK scaffolding market.
“SIG maintains an active portfolio review process to assess the fit with other parts of the group and SIG’s ability to grow and develop each business going forward,” said strategic development director Andrew Greenaway. “Following this review we believe that Beaver 84 has greater potential for growth within the Altrad Group, who as one of Europe’s largest scaffolding businesses, are better positioned to take Beaver 84 forward in its chosen markets.”
The sale is effective immediately.
Altrad is a privately owned French manufacturer, hirer and distributor of scaffolding equipment with annual revenues in 2010 of about €415m (£372m) and subsidiary operations across Europe, Africa, Asia and America. The acquisition of Beaver 84 marks its intention to grow in the UK scaffolding market.
“SIG maintains an active portfolio review process to assess the fit with other parts of the group and SIG’s ability to grow and develop each business going forward,” said strategic development director Andrew Greenaway. “Following this review we believe that Beaver 84 has greater potential for growth within the Altrad Group, who as one of Europe’s largest scaffolding businesses, are better positioned to take Beaver 84 forward in its chosen markets.”
As previously reported on ScaffMag there has been demonstrations outside Saltend for months with no letup in site.
The industrial action started in March when hundreds of Redhall Group workers were made redundant by Viverco Fuels. Viverco said that the project was behind schedule and with out notice terminated Redhall’s contract which intern made hundreds of workers including Electricians and Scaffolders redundant.
Yesterday saw a series of demonstrations outside Saltend with a warning that thousands of workers at power stations and oil refinery sites across the UK would be involved in a “National Day Of Action”.
Union officials from across the Engineering and Construction Industry will meet next week to discuss organising a “National Day Of Action” unless the row is resolved.
The Day of action would involve thousands of workers across the UK which would bring back memories of the row over foreign labour at LOR (Lindsey Oil Refinery) in North Lincolnshire which led to “Wildcat Walkouts” across the country two years ago.
Viverco Fuels yesterday said that they made an offer of £3,500 to hundreds of Redhall workers affected by the termination of the contract.
They also said “We have continually stressed to the unions that, when new contractors are in place, any new employment opportunities will be advertised so that former Redhall workers can apply for the jobs.
“The new contractors will be impacted by ongoing protest activity, which is why we are trying to resolve the situation quickly for the benefit of all concerned said a spokesman.
A Humberside police spokesman said a 56-year-old man had been arrested outside the plant under Section 14 of the Public Order Act and taken to a police station in Hull.
Maria Ludkin, the GMB’s legal officer, said: “GMB members who have been locked out of the site since March have been engaged in lawful, legal protest against BP and the main contractors.
“Every attempt by the union to get BP to reopen the site to allow our members to complete this engineering project has been met with a blank refusal to even acknowledge that these workers have rights which are being trampled upon.
As previously reported on ScaffMag there has been demonstrations outside Saltend for months with no letup in site.
The industrial action started in March when hundreds of Redhall Group workers were made redundant by Viverco Fuels. Viverco said that the project was behind schedule and with out notice terminated Redhall’s contract which intern made hundreds of workers including Electricians and Scaffolders redundant.
Yesterday saw a series of demonstrations outside Saltend with a warning that thousands of workers at power stations and oil refinery sites across the UK would be involved in a “National Day Of Action”.
Union officials from across the Engineering and Construction Industry will meet next week to discuss organising a “National Day Of Action” unless the row is resolved.
The Day of action would involve thousands of workers across the UK which would bring back memories of the row over foreign labour at LOR (Lindsey Oil Refinery) in North Lincolnshire which led to “Wildcat Walkouts” across the country two years ago.
Viverco Fuels yesterday said that they made an offer of £3,500 to hundreds of Redhall workers affected by the termination of the contract.
They also said “We have continually stressed to the unions that, when new contractors are in place, any new employment opportunities will be advertised so that former Redhall workers can apply for the jobs.
“The new contractors will be impacted by ongoing protest activity, which is why we are trying to resolve the situation quickly for the benefit of all concerned said a spokesman.
A Humberside police spokesman said a 56-year-old man had been arrested outside the plant under Section 14 of the Public Order Act and taken to a police station in Hull.
Maria Ludkin, the GMB’s legal officer, said: “GMB members who have been locked out of the site since March have been engaged in lawful, legal protest against BP and the main contractors.
“Every attempt by the union to get BP to reopen the site to allow our members to complete this engineering project has been met with a blank refusal to even acknowledge that these workers have rights which are being trampled upon.
The future of the industry’s skills card scheme was thrown into question this week after the CITB revealed it is cutting its ties with the scheme.
CITB-ConstructionSkills – which administers the Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS), used by over 1.6 million workers – revealed it has put its contract on notice.
The move, prompted by commercial differences, ends an often turbulent 16-year partnership. Sources close to the situation claimed personality clashes and disputes over how income had been divided between between the two bodies had contributed to the schism.
The news has sparked fears that the CSCS card scheme will be damaged by the end of its association with the industry’s government-backed skills council.
CSCS cards are demanded as proof of occupational competence by most major clients and contractors on sites.
James Wates, chairman of CITB, admitted the relationship had been difficult but dismissed any suggestion of a recent falling out.
He said: “It’s been a challenging relationship because it’s been a difficult contract for both sides to work within. But I don’t think there’s been real dissonance.
“The [recent] disagreement was around detailed terms of the contract, which I won’t go into because they’re commercial.”
Mark Farrar, CITB chief executive, said: “CITB continues to fully support the scheme for the duration of our agreed contract.”
The notice period will last five years unless the two parties terminate the contract earlier by mutual agreement.
The CSCS indicated it will consult on how best to administer the scheme.
The falling out between two bodies has provoked dismay from the industry.
One source close to the CSCS said: “You’ve got to ask questions when two boards that are drawn from the same organisations can’t agree.”
The future of the industry’s skills card scheme was thrown into question this week after the CITB revealed it is cutting its ties with the scheme.
CITB-ConstructionSkills – which administers the Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS), used by over 1.6 million workers – revealed it has put its contract on notice.
The move, prompted by commercial differences, ends an often turbulent 16-year partnership. Sources close to the situation claimed personality clashes and disputes over how income had been divided between between the two bodies had contributed to the schism.
The news has sparked fears that the CSCS card scheme will be damaged by the end of its association with the industry’s government-backed skills council.
CSCS cards are demanded as proof of occupational competence by most major clients and contractors on sites.
James Wates, chairman of CITB, admitted the relationship had been difficult but dismissed any suggestion of a recent falling out.
He said: “It’s been a challenging relationship because it’s been a difficult contract for both sides to work within. But I don’t think there’s been real dissonance.
“The [recent] disagreement was around detailed terms of the contract, which I won’t go into because they’re commercial.”
Mark Farrar, CITB chief executive, said: “CITB continues to fully support the scheme for the duration of our agreed contract.”
The notice period will last five years unless the two parties terminate the contract earlier by mutual agreement.
The CSCS indicated it will consult on how best to administer the scheme.
The falling out between two bodies has provoked dismay from the industry.
One source close to the CSCS said: “You’ve got to ask questions when two boards that are drawn from the same organisations can’t agree.”
The workers were lucky to be alive after the scaffolding and Monoflex came crashing down to the street below in strong winds.
The collapse happend at 10:25am on Saturday on Wellington Road in Hanley Stoke on Trent. Two parked cars were damaged by the scaffold.
The HSE are now investigating into how this accident happened but one theory is that the wind had pull the scaffold over in 50 mph gusts.
Richard Marson, aged 26, said: “We were five minutes’ late going back out after our breakfast and if we had been on time we could have been killed.
“My sausage and egg butty saved my life.”
Daniel Simpson, aged 19, added: “We were working on the scaffolding just before it collapsed.
“Then we were in the cabin having breakfast and just heard it come crashing down.”
Chris Morrall, aged 19, said: “If this had happened any earlier or later, I would’ve been dead.”
Paramedics were called to Wellington Road, although no-one was injured.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: “The workmen had a very lucky escape given the size of the scaffolding.”
The workers were lucky to be alive after the scaffolding and Monoflex came crashing down to the street below in strong winds.
The collapse happend at 10:25am on Saturday on Wellington Road in Hanley Stoke on Trent. Two parked cars were damaged by the scaffold.
The HSE are now investigating into how this accident happened but one theory is that the wind had pull the scaffold over in 50 mph gusts.
Richard Marson, aged 26, said: “We were five minutes’ late going back out after our breakfast and if we had been on time we could have been killed.
“My sausage and egg butty saved my life.”
Daniel Simpson, aged 19, added: “We were working on the scaffolding just before it collapsed.
“Then we were in the cabin having breakfast and just heard it come crashing down.”
Chris Morrall, aged 19, said: “If this had happened any earlier or later, I would’ve been dead.”
Paramedics were called to Wellington Road, although no-one was injured.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: “The workmen had a very lucky escape given the size of the scaffolding.”
Simon Burrows, aged 35, was already on bail for another offence of inflicting grievous bodily harm and for crashing his car through a toll barrier on the Cleddau Bridge.
Kevin Riordan, prosecuting, told Swansea crown court that Burrows had been in a long, on-off relationship with Emma Bancroft.
On October 13 he saw her in the street and a row developed. Burrows hit her several times to the face and Miss Bancroft ran to the home of her mother in Clare Walk, Pembroke.
Her mother answered the door to find Burrows standing over Miss Bancroft, punching her in the face as she held her two and a half year old daughter.
Burrows drove away from the scene, forcing other drivers to take evasive action. When he reached the Cleddau Bridge he smashed through the barrier.
Mr Riordan said when police caught up with Burrows they saw him get out of the car holding a length of rope. He was detained under the Mental Health Act because he appeared to be suicidal.
A blood test showed he was almost twice over the drink drive limit.
Burrows admitted inflicting gbh, dangerous driving and drink driving.
Mr Riordan said he was granted bail.
On December 1 he went to a flat in Tenby Court, Monkton, where some friends were drinking.
One of the visitors, Lloyd Anthony Richard Jenkins, thought Burrows was about to attack another man and intervened.
Burrows responded by biting his ear and wouldn’t let go even when Mr Jenkins put a thumb into one of his eyes.
Burrows bit off part of the ear and spat it out.
He denied inflicting grievous bodily harm but was convicted by a jury.
He maintained that although he had placed his teeth onto the ear the damaging biting had happened because someone had hit his chin from below.
Judge Keith Thomas said the father of six, a scaffolder, had used his teeth as a weapon.
The attack on Miss Bancroft, he added, had involved the deliberate targeting of a vulnerable person.
Simon Burrows, aged 35, was already on bail for another offence of inflicting grievous bodily harm and for crashing his car through a toll barrier on the Cleddau Bridge.
Kevin Riordan, prosecuting, told Swansea crown court that Burrows had been in a long, on-off relationship with Emma Bancroft.
On October 13 he saw her in the street and a row developed. Burrows hit her several times to the face and Miss Bancroft ran to the home of her mother in Clare Walk, Pembroke.
Her mother answered the door to find Burrows standing over Miss Bancroft, punching her in the face as she held her two and a half year old daughter.
Burrows drove away from the scene, forcing other drivers to take evasive action. When he reached the Cleddau Bridge he smashed through the barrier.
Mr Riordan said when police caught up with Burrows they saw him get out of the car holding a length of rope. He was detained under the Mental Health Act because he appeared to be suicidal.
A blood test showed he was almost twice over the drink drive limit.
Burrows admitted inflicting gbh, dangerous driving and drink driving.
Mr Riordan said he was granted bail.
On December 1 he went to a flat in Tenby Court, Monkton, where some friends were drinking.
One of the visitors, Lloyd Anthony Richard Jenkins, thought Burrows was about to attack another man and intervened.
Burrows responded by biting his ear and wouldn’t let go even when Mr Jenkins put a thumb into one of his eyes.
Burrows bit off part of the ear and spat it out.
He denied inflicting grievous bodily harm but was convicted by a jury.
He maintained that although he had placed his teeth onto the ear the damaging biting had happened because someone had hit his chin from below.
Judge Keith Thomas said the father of six, a scaffolder, had used his teeth as a weapon.
The attack on Miss Bancroft, he added, had involved the deliberate targeting of a vulnerable person.
