Notting Hill Carnival Horror: Woman's Lip Bitten Off By Devilish Attacker

A vicious thug, who claimed: “I’m the devil” before headbutting and biting off a woman's top lip at the Notting Hill Carnival has been jailed.

Jason Thompson, 42, of Appleby Close, South Tottenham, received 14 years imprisonment for inflicting the life-changing injuries to the victim, aged in her forties.

Detective Chief Inspector Driss Hayoukane, from the Notting Hill post-investigation unit, said: “Jason Thompson has not only caused the victim life-changing physical injuries, but also some deeply troubling emotional injuries as well.

“Due to this unprovoked attack, the victim felt so scared to be in London that she stopped living in the capital after more than a decade and struggles to go out in public on her own.”

The incident took place on the first day of Carnival at approximately 6.00pm on Sunday August 25, last year.

It was her first experience of the Notting Hill Carnival and Thompson was a stranger to her.

She was talking to some other women in Portobello Road, close to the junction with Golborne Road, when she was approached by Thompson.

He told her: “I’m the devil”, before leaning forward, headbutting her and then biting off her top lip.

The victim, bleeding heavily and in shock, approached police officers, who escorted her to the nearest first aid post. 

She was then taken to a west London hospital where surgeons operated on her face. 

The victim was left with life-changing injuries.

Police issued a public appeal for witnesses and information a week later and as a result information was received, which led to Thompson’s arrest.

At Isleworth Crown Court he pleaded guilty to inflicting grievous bodily harm, with intent.

In a statement, the victim, said: “I would like to say thank you to all the police work on this case, because they have helped me so much with everything.

“This has been very difficult for me. I have had to uproot my life from London, where I have lived for over ten years and now I am scared to go out on my own and stay at home.

“I cannot even go to the supermarket on my own; sometimes I have to say to my 14-year-old niece to come with me.”

DCI Hayoukane, added: “My whole team worked non-stop to identify Thompson after this attack, and we have all felt some sort of responsibility for making sure that he gets the jail time that he so rightly deserves.

“The streets are a much safer place with this dangerous individual in jail."