A former bouncer was sentenced Tuesday to 3z ye 1/2 r 1/3 in prison for slamming a bar patron’s head to the sidewalk and leaving him deaf in one year.

Charles Kurkowski, 30, of Derby, was ordered by Erie County Judge Thomas P. Franczyk to be taken from court in handcuffs during the midmorning sentencing. He had been free on bail.

Kurkowski expressed remorse for the injuries suffered by Jared N. Underberg, 22, but did not admit guilt for the incident outside the former Quote bar at Delaware Avenue and Chippewa Stree at about 3 a.m. Nov. 14, 2008.

Prosecutor Amy B. Benedict said Kurkowski was convicted March 24 of second-degree assault for the incident.

The judge found Kurkowski guilty after a five-day non-jury trial.