Ireland Crime

Named as

Convicted

Born

1996, from the ages reported

Nationality

Czech, as stated in a report

Offences

Assault causing harm

Where

Co. Cork

Reporting

2 reports, 7 Nov 2025 to 14 Nov 2025

Outlets

irishtimes.com

• Prisoner's ear bitten off by cell mate at Cork Prison, court told Assault causing harm · Co. Cork

  Roman Becvár, a Czech man aged 28 or 29, bit off the left ear of his 45-year-old cell mate at Cork Prison shortly before 10pm on 9 April 2023, a court was told. The attack was described in court as unprovoked and as occurring during a psychotic episode, and the victim also suffered facial fractures. Becvár pleaded guilty to assault causing harm, described in one report as assault causing serious harm, at Cork Circuit Criminal Court, which remanded him in custody for sentencing. On 14 November 2025 he was sentenced, with one report giving a term of four years and the other four years and six months with the last six months suspended.

  Sentenced, 14 Nov 2025Convicted · 2 reports

Each entry shows how that report described them.

1. 14 Nov2025
   Sentencedirishtimes.com, in Prisoner's ear bitten off by cell mate at Cork Prison, court told

   Inmate who bit off cellmate’s ear in psychotic episode jailed

   convicted, Roman Becvár, 29, male, Czech, named, non-irishRoman Becvár♂29CZ
2. 7 Nov2025
   Convictedirishtimes.com, in Prisoner's ear bitten off by cell mate at Cork Prison, court told

   Prisoner’s left ear bitten off by cell mate during ‘psychotic episode’, court told

   convicted, Roman Becvár, 28, male, Czech, named, non-irishRoman Becvár♂28CZ

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