Woman bit boyfriend's tongue off during birthday kiss

A woman who bit off her boyfriend's tongue during a kiss on his birthday will be sentenced today.

Tracy Davies, 40, severed the first third of Mark Coghill's tongue after asking him for a "smoochy kiss".

The pair, who met through a lonely hearts column, had been celebrating Mr Coghill's 45th birthday, and had drunk two bottles of vodka before the attack.

During the three day trial, Newcastle Crown Court heard how Davies "turned into the likes of Mike Tyson" within seconds of being "lovely".

A recovering alcoholic, Davies had become upset because she wanted a baby and was not pregnant.

When Mr Coghill comforted her, she told him she loved him and asked him to kiss her.

She then bit down hard on his tongue, causing him to scream in pain and tap her on the head in a bid to make her release him.

Instead she chewed through his tongue, and spat it out on the floor.

Mr Coghill told the jury Davies had let out a "satisfaction sound, like if you have had a cup of tea when you haven't had one for a few days", after she had successfully severed his tongue.

The piece of tongue was recovered but the risk of infection was too great to risk re-attaching it, doctors at Newcastle General Hospital said.

Davies was convicted at Newcastle Crown Court of grievous bodily harm three weeks ago, but was cleared of the more serious offence of GBH with intent after the jury deliberated for more than four-and-a-half hours.

Judge John Evans warned her she would be jailed for the crime, saying: "This is a case which will inevitably result in a custodial sentence."

This article is from The Belfast Telegraph