Thug bit barber’s testicles with ‘excessive drive’ earlier than claiming he is ‘obtained AIDS’

A racist bully bit a barber’s testicles “with extreme force” after which claimed he had AIDS.

Bradley Cooper, 38, left his sufferer bleeding and needing stitches after biting his groin in a brutal assault that shocked onlookers. The injured man, who owns a close-by barber’s store, had tried to cease Cooper from abusing a younger man exterior his store in Folkestone, Kent, two days earlier.

The barber was subjected to racial slurs from each Cooper and his feminine good friend earlier than being spat at, Canterbury Crown Court heard this week. Two days later, a shirtless Cooper knocked the barber down with a punch, grabbed his legs as he lay on the road, after which bit him, leaving blood soaking via his garments.

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The sufferer later informed police that Cooper “held on for some time” and he feared he had suffered a life-changing harm. He had additionally been jumped on, punched, and scratched by Cooper’s feminine good friend as properly, the court docket heard.

Police had been referred to as and the pair had been arrested, however Cooper continued to behave abusively, calling a police officer a “pig” and a “fat ****”, claiming to have AIDS, after which spitting repeatedly at patrol automobiles. At the time, he was additionally underneath investigation for assaulting and racially abusing a British Transport Police (BTP) officer at Margate railway station.

Cooper, from Folkestone, later confessed to wounding, racially aggravated widespread assault, prison injury, assault on an emergency employee and racially aggravated harassment.

A press release by the sufferer learn to the court docket mentioned: “I am so shocked that the man bit my testicles. I don’t know what kind of person does that. It is unimaginable. I am lucky my injuries were not worse than they were because this type of injury could have changed my life.”

Six months earlier Cooper had assaulted the BTP officer by ripping off an epaulette from his uniform and damaging an earpiece wire after being challenged about travelling on a prepare with no ticket. He additionally referred to as the person “a foreign ****” and threatened, “I’ll f*** you up.”

Judge Simon James has now sentenced Cooper to 2 years and eight months in jail. When doing so, he mentioned: “Biting someone is equivalent to the use of a weapon. I consider deliberate targeting of a particularly vulnerable area, the degree of force used and the potential consequences all aggravate the seriousness of the offence.”

Cooper was additionally given a five-year restraining order, which stops him from contacting the sufferer or going to his store.

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