But the grieving quickly devolved into a bloody melee in the kitchen — a booze-fuelled brawl that saw one mourner chomp off part of the nose of another. It was left to provincial court Judge Del Atwood to steer through the “alcohol-thickened fog” and determine if the nose biting was aggravated assault or self-defence. During the scuffle, MacLean bit onto Gaudet’s nose. Dr. Marvyn Tolba said the tip of Gaudet’s nose was partially amputated. Jerry Miller testified that he sensed a fight was going to start between MacLean and Gaudet, and asked MacLean to leave.

Source: National Post October 19, 2016 23:03 UTC