Victim was taken to Ulster Hospital where she received surgery and stitches to her lip
An East Belfast man who bit his partner on the lip leaving her with a “three centimetre gash” was today handed a 27-month sentence.
Prosecution barrister Kate McKay told the court that when police arrived at the flat officers found the victim “hanging off the bed”, with bleeding to the face and a “three centimetre gash to her bottom lip”. Following the attack, the victim was taken to the Ulster Hospital in Dundonald where she received surgery and stitches to her lip. She says the injury to her lip had made her feel “self-conscious”.
Defence barrister Declan Quinn said that there had been a domestic history between the parties and McClelland’s guilty plea was welcomed by the prosecution which saved the victim from having to give evidence at trial. He added that although McClelland had convictions for a number of assaults, none of them were for “serious violence”.
Dundonald East Belfast Short Strand Belfast Crown Court
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