A Dundonian who foamed at the mouth as he brutally attacked a man, pinned him to the floor and bit his face slicing it open was branded a “wild animal” by a sheriff and warned he faces a jail term.
Andrew Rutherford launched the unprovoked attack on Ross Burns as he tried to care for a female friend who had fallen asleep because she was too drunk.
Rutherford accused Mr Burns of spiking her drink before violently attacking him in an attack captured on a “horrific” CCTV film.
A sheriff told Rutherford he had acted “like a wild animal” and told him he faces jail.
Depute fiscal Eilidh Robertson showed Dundee Sheriff Court footage taken on a CCTV camera at the bar at Buskers in Dundee city centre.
Miss Robertson said: “The accused sat on top of him shouting at him ‘I’m going to bite you’.
“The accused thereafter bit him on the face and staff then pulled the accused off the complainer. The accused was described as foaming at the mouth.
“The accused left and was traced outside shortly after while Mr Burns was taken to Ninewells Hospital.”
Rutherford, 24, of Drumlithie Place, Dundee, pleaded guilty on indictment to a charge of assault committed on September 24 last year at Buskers Bar on Ward Road.
Sheriff Elizabeth Munro deferred sentence for social work background reports until next month and released Rutherford on bail.
She said: “That is one of the most horrific pieces of CCTV footage I’ve ever seen he was like a wild animal. That really was alarming.”