Woman admits biting off boyfriend’s testicles

A MOTHER-OF-FOUR who admitted biting off her boyfriend’s testicles has been warned she could be jailed.

Maria Topp, aged 44, from Wreckenton, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, in north-east England, pleaded guilty to grievous bodily harm at Newcastle Crown Court.

She bit Martin Douglas, her partner of five years, during a drunken brawl at his flat in February.

She was granted bail to be sentenced next month and recorder Robin Mairs warned her: “All options are open and that will include locking you up.”

Topp bit Douglas’s testicles off at his flat in Waterloo Street, Newcastle, during the early hours of February 18.

She cannot remember biting her partner, but can recall their fight, and the court accepted violence had been used by both sides.

Caroline Goodwin, defending, told a previous hearing: “The defendant was on her back with the victim straddling her.”

Douglas was so traumatised by his injuries that emergency services staff struggled to understand him when he dialled 999. The 45-year-old DJ required 19 stitches to his wound.

Recorder Mairs said there is no doubt the pair were drunk. “There is an argument, a brawl begins during which Mrs Topp admits she unlawfully bit the complainant’s scrotum.”

Gavin Doig, prosecuting, said: “The injured party suffered a number of injuries, but particularly a very serious wound to the scrotum.”

He continued: “Until today the defence’s contention was that was caused by her hands.

“The plea is on the basis she did indeed cause that injury with her teeth.”