Paul Gibbs (assault victim)

Paul Gibbs (born 1982) is a Briton from Leeds, UK who was viciously attacked in 2008 by three men. He and his group of AbOUT 20 young goths were on a camping trip in the vicinity of Rothwell when two 18-year-olds (Quinn Colley, Ryan Woodhead) and one 22-year-old (Andrew Hall) raided, stabbed four of the men and robbed two women.

Quinn Colley had previously appeared in a homemade clip rapping on his love of violence.

Gibbs was offered a motorbike ride by the attackers who at first insidiously befriended the group. On their way Gibbs was knocked down from the bike, rendered unconcious by a helmet and had his ear sliced off. Afterwards, the attackers returned to the camp. Colley and Woodhead were sentenced to at leat 2.5 years of prison while Hall at least 4.5 years.

Gibbs' ear was found 17 hours later thus doctors could not immediately reattach it. Instead they stitched it inside his stomach with the hope that some of the tissue will re-grow. The ear could be reconstructed by using cartilage removed form Gibbs' ribs.

See Also

• Goth subculture
• Hate crime