A man bit his partner's nose and left her with a fractured eye socket following a vicious attack that left her "black and blue".
Dean Tweedie repeatedly punched and kicked his then-partner during a horrific assault that lasted around 45 minutes and only stopped when he realised the extent of the injuries he had caused. The 37-year-old fractured the woman's eye socket and nose and caused her "constant physical and emotional pain".
Tweedie, of Blenkinsop Grove, Jarrow, appeared at Newcastle Crown Court on Tuesday to be sentenced for section 47 assault. He had pleaded guilty to the offence.
