A shameless mother bit off the ear of another woman after they had agreed on Facebook to meet for the fight before family and friends.
Julia-Ann Doherty
A mother-of-three was jailed for biting chunks out of another woman's ear during a fight they arranged on Facebook to settle a feud between their families.
The woman identified as Julie-Ann Doherty, 33, of Armley, Leeds had fought and bit off another woman's ear identified as Miss Knight, 28, after they agreed to meet each other to settle a six-month feud in which they had exchanged insults by text and on social media, a court heard.
Bashir Ahmed, prosecuting, said the women were watched by friends and relatives as they fought at a travelers site at Cottingley Springs in Leeds on January 18, this year.
A day earlier Doherty had sent Miss Knight a Facebook message saying: 'Be there big mouth.'
Describing the incident, Mr Ahmed told the court: 'As soon as the complainant arrived at the meeting site she was attacked.
'It is fair to say that the complainant retaliated but significant features of the attack on the complainant are that she was kicked to the floor, she was held by her hair, she was bitten on her arms and then on both ears.
'As the medics later confirmed, the bites were significant and of a deforming nature so that in future the complainant will require surgery.'
The court heard flesh and skin had been bitten off and Miss Knight had been left permanently scarred. Doherty was arrested days after the incident and pleaded guilty to inflicting grievous bodily harm.
The court sent Doherty to jail.