'He tried to bite off my face': Student, 19, reveals shocking injuries after random stranger attack on a bus By Luke Chafer Published: 16:04, 18 October 2024 | Updated: 16:04, 18 October 2024 e-mail 1 View comments A teenage girl was left needing 50 stitches and reconstructive surgery after a horrific attack, where her face was 'bitten off' by a stranger on a bus. Ella Dowling, 19, got on her usual bus home when fellow passenger, Darren Taylor, 53, began making inappropriate comments about her and her friends. As Ella sat down, Taylor grabbed her face and repeatedly bit her nose and mouth during a horrific five-minute ordeal.
The right side of her lip had also been split open and she suffered 'visible bite marks' over her nose and mouth. The teen was swiftly taken to Cheltenham Hospital before being transferred to Gloucester Hospital for emergency surgery. Ella Dowling,19, was left needing 50 stitches and reconstructive surgery after a horrific attack, where her face was 'bitten off' by a stranger on a bus The teen was swiftly taken to Cheltenham Hospital before being transferred to Gloucester Hospital for emergency surgery The student from Cheltenham has been left with permanent scars following the attack 'The pain I felt when he sank his teeth into my face is something which will stay with me forever,' says Ella.
'He was like a dog with a toy; moving his head side to side.' 'I put my hands around the back of his head because I knew if I didn't he would rip my lip and nose o.