Casualty star sent to casualty as attacker bites off his EAR

A FORMER star of BBC hospital drama Casualty ended up in A&E for real after another man bit off part of his ear.

Clive Mantle — who also stars in US drama Game of Thrones — was attacked at a Travelodge hotel in Newcastle in a dispute over noise, his agent said.

The missing part of his ear has been sewn back on.

The actor is best known for playing general surgeon Mike Barrett in Casualty and spin-off series Holby City.

The 55-year-old had just finished a run in The Ladykillers at the city's Theatre Royal when he was attacked.

A spokesman for Mr Mantle's agents Sarahband Associates said surgeons at Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary had managed to sew the top part of the actor's right ear back on.

He said he believed Mr Mantle was attacked in the hotel after asking other guests to keep the noise down

The spokesman said: "He is very shaken and shocked by what has happened, you don't expect this kind of thing to happen in a hotel.

"The part of the ear that was bitten off was found and sewn back on. Mr Mantle said the police, ambulance and hospital staff were amazing."

A 32-year-old man from Hamilton in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, has been charged with wounding with intent.

He will appear before magistrates next month following the attack in the early hours of Sunday.

Another man has been released on bail in connection with the attack and a third man released without charge.

In the 1980s Mantle starred in a BBC Radio 4 alternative comedy show called In One Ear.

He has an ongoing role in HBO series Game of Thrones as Lord Greatjon Umber.