A man bit his partner's nose during a drunken row over painkillers he was taking because she had run him over in a car, a court has heard.
James William Stevenson sank his teeth into his girlfriend's face as they "scuffled" during a heated argument in her home.
The painkillers Stevenson needed were for significant injuries he suffered when his partner drove over him in her car - she was initially charged with attempted murder but the case was subsequently dropped.
Stevenson hit the headlines in 2009 after escaping from the cells in Swansea's old Guildhall Crown Court when he used a shoelace to spring a door lock before scaling a 28ft-high razor wire-topped wall to make good his escape - via a brief stop at a nearby pub for a pint.
He was on the run for more than two-weeks before being recaptured.
Swansea Crown Court heard on January 29 this year Stevenson and his partner became involved in a row over empty booze bottles and painkillers at her flat in Gorseinon.
Carina Hughes, prosecuting, said the pair had a "volatile relationship", and had both been consuming alcohol on the day in question.
She said a "fight or scuffle" broke out in the flat, with the pair grabbing each other.
During the course of the fight 39-year-old Stevenson bit the woman on the nose - she responded by hitting him on his injured leg, forcing him to retreat and allowing her to flee the property.
She suffered cuts to her nose, black eyes, swelling to her face and lips, and bruises to her body in the incident.
The victim did not report the matter to police but told her drugs worker what had happened - it was the drugs worker who alerted the cops.
The court heard Stevenson was using painkillers for the "significant injuries" he received in August 2018 after this partner had run over him in a car - he suffered a crushed pelvis, broken ribs and legs, and internal injuries.
The woman was initially charged with attempted murder over the incident - but that case was later dropped.
Stevenson, of Gendros Avenue East, Gendros, Swansea, had previously pleaded guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm (ABH), and possession of an bladed article - after being run over in 2018 he was found to have a knife in his pocket - when he appeared in the dock for sentencing.
He also admitted being in breach of previously imposed suspended sentence for affray.
The court heard he has an extensive criminal record including previous convictions for ABHs, and possession of weapons, as well as for manslaughter.
The manslaughter convictions relates to an incident in Gorseinon in May 2002 when he killed his mother's partner by stuffing a newspaper in the man's mouth, taping it shut, then dumping him in the River Tawe near the old Morfa stadium.
While in custody for that matter he escaped from a prison in Devon. He subsequently went on to escape from the court in Swansea shortly after being convicted of possession of a shotgun.
Stephen Rees, for Stevenson, said since suffering "very significant" injuries in the car incident last summer the defendant had become a "different person" from the one he was before.
He noted that the victim of the nose-biting had not gone to the police about the incident - just as his client had not wanted her prosecuted for the running over him in the car.
The barrister said: "He chose not to proceed with that matter - and she did not proceed with this."
Judge Peter Heywood told Stevenson it was clear from everything he had read about the defendant that the events of August 2018 had been a "life-changing experience" for him.
The judge sentenced him to eight months for ABH, six months for possession of the knife, and activated three months of the previously imposed suspended sentence - the sentences will run concurrently making an overall sentence of eight months.
He also made Stevenson the subject of a three-year restraining order banning him from contacting his victim.
