Hong Kong protests: jobless man who bit off ex-politician’s ear and attacked 3 others has jail term cut by 6 months to 14 yearsA jobless man has had his sentence cut by six months upon a partially successful appeal on his level of culpability for a drunken assault on a former district councillor and three others during Hong Kong’s anti-government protests in 2019.The Court of Appeal on Wednesday reduced former businessman Joe Chen’s jail sentence to 14 years in light of the “sincerity” the 53-year-old showed in paying a total of HK$3.93 million (US$502,494) in compensation to his victims.Mr Justice...