Maria Topp and her partner of five years, Martin Douglass, got into a physical altercation back in February 2011. Douglass put Topp on her back and straddle her, in attempts to break free, Topp bit Douglass’s testicles off! The mother-of-four bit Martin Douglas, her partner of five years, during a drunken brawl at his flat in February. Mr Douglas, 45, needed emergency surgery to reattach his genitals after Topp bit them off in the early-morning attack. Mr Douglas, whose arm was also injured, spent several days in Newcastle’s Freeman Hospital, where he received treatment. Topp cannot remember biting her partner, but can recall their fight, and the court accepted that 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.” Mr Douglas was so traumatised by his injuries that emergency services staff struggled to understand him when he dialled 999. He later required 19 stitches to his wound. Even though she didn’t top Lorena Bobbit, that sounds extremely painful. It does sound like Topp was using some self defense tactics… Do you think she should go to jail for this? Source
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Hungry Much!: English Woman Possibly Facing Jail Time For Biting Off Boyfriend’s Testicles
