from www.metro.co.uk – Maria Georgina Topp appeared in court accused of carrying out the gruesome attack on her partner Martin Douglas, which is said to have taken place in the early hours of the morning following a drunken night out, reports The Mirror.

Mr Douglas dialled 999 following the incident and was in so much pain operators were unable to understand what he was saying.

He needed emergency surgery and was required to spend several days in hospital recovering from the injury.

Paramedics contacted police once they had seen the extent of Mr Douglas’s injuries and Ms Topp was arrested and charged with grievous bodily harm.

A Northumbria Police spokesman told the newspaper: ‘At around 4am on Friday, February 18th, police were called to a report of an assault.

‘Officers arrested a 43-year-old woman on suspicion of assault. A 45-year-old man was taken to the Freeman Hospital for treatment to injuries to his arm and groin area.’

In 2005, a woman who admitted to ripping her ex-boyfriend’s testicle off with her bare hands after he refused to sleep with her was jailed for two and a half years.