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A woman bit off her boyfriend’s tongue after asking him for a kiss on his birthday, a court heard today.
Tracy Davies sank her teeth in after telling Mark Coghill that she loved him, a jury heard.
Mr Coghill, 45, who met Davies through a local newspaper's lonely hearts advert, then watched in horror as she took the severed organ from her mouth and dropped it on the floor, prosecutors said.
Afterwards, when police arrived, Davies, 40, is said to have handed it to officers in a small plastic bag before saying: ‘We had a domestic and I bit his tongue off, here it is.’
Davies, of Gateshead, who denies one count of causing grievous bodily harm with intent, is said to have expressed surprise when police arrested her, telling officers: ‘You’re joking!’
Medics were unable to stitch the tongue back on through fear of infection, meaning Mr Coghill will have to live with one third of it missing, Newcastle Crown Court heard.
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