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This is the moment that a security guard's finger is chopped off during a vicious brawl in a kebab shop in Bristol.
The guard's finger was jammed in the door when it was slammed shut to prevent a man from returning to the premises after he had been evicted following a violent outburst.
The fight broke out after Michael Maughan, aged 22, was forcibly removed from the fast food shop Sizzlers, on College Green in Bristol by security guard Thioub Sarr.
Maughan appears to bite brutally at Mr Sarr's ear as he is dragged out of the shop.
But he tried to force his way back in and lashed out violently again when he was prevented from doing so. He then racially abused Mr Sarr according to witness reports.
When Mr Sarr and others forced the door closed to protect themselves from the violent onslaught, the guard's finger got caught and the tip was sliced off.
CCTV footage shows a man at the door of the shop forcefully punching Mr Sarr who is still inside and kicking repeatedly into the people in the establishment.
The Bristol Post reports that Maughan had pleaded guilty to racially aggravated assault and occasioning bodily harm in November last year.
He also admitted to dangerous driving without insurance and failing to provide a specimen of breath.
He was jailed him for two years and two months.
Maughan was handed a restraining order banning contact from his victim for five years and was disqualified from driving.
Judge Mark Horton told the man: 'Frankly, it was a persistent, prolonged, very violent attack which involved kicking and punching in a public place, at night, in the presence of the public who were frightened and concerned.'
Maughan told the judge: 'I really am sorry. I get myself mixed up sometimes in this stuff. I'll give him half my benefits a fortnight. I could have killed somebody; I don't want to.'
Gregory Gordon, prosecuting, told the court: 'Mr Maughan was boorish.
'There was a minor altercation between him and others and he threw some water over a young lady at the counter.
'There was verbal abuse between the defendant and others and he was told to leave.'
The Court heard that Mr Sarr approached Maughan and the pair exchanged blows before Mr Sarr dragged him outside.
Maughan tried to punch and kick his way back in to the kebab shop and caught Mr Sarr's left hand ring finger in the door, which it has not been possible to reattach.
Mr Gordon told Bristol Crown Court that this took off the tip of the man's finger.
The court heard that Maughan was arrested and released on bail, but police found him driving at speeds of up to 80mph on 30mph Fishponds Road at 3am in May.
Maughan was arrested in St George's Park and refused to provide a breath sample at the police station.
He told police: 'I've not taken my anti-psychotic medication. Jesus tells me you're doing me wrong.'
Paul Cook, defending, said: 'The background is a man struggling to cope with life, on medication, and drinking when he should not have been.'