Man's Ear Superglued In Party Prank

(The Courier-Mail of Brisbane) - A drunken party guest who filled a sleeping fellow reveler's ear with superglue in an act of "gross drunken stupidity" has been ordered to pay his victim $8,000 in compensation.

In a decision published Friday, Brisbane District Court judge Terry Martin ordered Ryan Laim Upton, 28, to pay Ben Ferrett, 27, criminal compensation for the permanent partial hearing loss caused by the prank.

Upton inflicted the injury on Ferrett, whom he had just met, when they attended a party in Brisbane in January 2008.

Judge Martin said Ferrett and Upton were both intoxicated when the "practical joke" occurred.

"Having consumed a deal of alcohol, Ferrett fell asleep on a couch in the living room," he said.

"By way of a prank, Upton and others applied superglue to Ferrett's hand and glued it to his face. Upton then poured superglue into Ferrett's ear whilst he continued to sleep."

Upton pleaded guilty in February to one count of grievous bodily harm.

The court was told one reveler had also poured the glue down Ferrett's pants between his buttocks.

When Ferrett woke up he felt a sharp pain in his ear and went to a local hospital for treatment but still had to undergo surgery several months later at a personal cost of almost $5,400.

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