A mum who headbutted and bit off part of a woman’s nose in an attack during a children’s pantomime has been jailed.
Mum-of-three Tina Love, 29, lunged at Julie McDonald, 50, pinned her down and then chomped on her nose in a row over a table at a performance of Jack and the Beanstalk.
A 1in piece of the victim’s nose was found on the floor following the incident in April 2013.
The attack took place in front of 450 people following a dispute over whose table was whose, the BBC reports.
Love was today sentenced to six years in prison for wounding with intent after being convicted of wounding with intent at Chichester crown court last month.
Ms McDonald's nose had to be repaired during surgery.
During the trial Ms McDonald, a mum-of-three herself, told the court she “feared for her life”, adding: “It was like being attacked by a shark. It felt like my whole nose was being bitten off.”
The court heard Love’s two children were seen the day before laughing and swearing at Ms McDonald’s son, who has learning difficulties, at Butlins holiday camp in Bognor Regis, West Sussex.
Mum-of-three Tina Love, 29, lunged at Julie McDonald, 50, pinned her down and then chomped on her nose in a row over a table at a performance of Jack and the Beanstalk.
A 1in piece of the victim’s nose was found on the floor following the incident in April 2013.
The attack took place in front of 450 people following a dispute over whose table was whose, the BBC reports.
Love was today sentenced to six years in prison for wounding with intent after being convicted of wounding with intent at Chichester crown court last month.
Ms McDonald's nose had to be repaired during surgery.
During the trial Ms McDonald, a mum-of-three herself, told the court she “feared for her life”, adding: “It was like being attacked by a shark. It felt like my whole nose was being bitten off.”
The court heard Love’s two children were seen the day before laughing and swearing at Ms McDonald’s son, who has learning difficulties, at Butlins holiday camp in Bognor Regis, West Sussex.
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