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Post by HARD ROCK UNIVERSE on Jan 19, 2006 1:47:41 GMT -5
By Associated Press
January 13, 2006, 10:14 PM EST
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- A man who bit off part of his girlfriend's face and spit it out on the sidewalk was convicted of assault.
Gareth Whyte's lawyer contended prosecutors could not prove his girlfriend was seriously injured or disfigured. But the prosecutor argued Whyte should not get a break just because the woman had a talented plastic surgeon.
"I'll agree the defendant is not guilty when he can put this back," said prosecutor Heide Mason, holding up a jar containing the girlfriend's flesh.
Whyte, 27, of New Rochelle, was found guilty Thursday and could get up to 25 years in prison when he is sentenced March 1.
During a fight last Mother's Day, he bit the left side of Dorothy Pritchett's face, through skin, nerves, fat and muscle, exposing a gaping hole below her eye, prosecutors said.
Pritchett testified that Whyte had bitten her once before, complaining that her clothes were too sexy.
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Post by eilene on Jan 19, 2006 10:46:13 GMT -5
"I'll agree the defendant is not guilty when he can put this back," said prosecutor Heide Mason, holding up a jar containing the girlfriend's flesh. He Should be convicted....This is sick...He bit her face off like some kind of animal...
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Post by nightrocker on Jan 19, 2006 10:58:56 GMT -5
He is a danger to have out walking around..Lock him up!
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Post by kim on Jan 20, 2006 9:25:33 GMT -5
...or at least put the guy on a short leash when they do take him out for a walk in case he decides to do the same thing to an innocent bystander. Perhaps a muzzle should be considered as well? Failing that...put the guy "down"! Sounds like he may have some "pit bull" in him?
Thanks Kim
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Post by Trexx on Jan 23, 2006 19:49:31 GMT -5
I thought that was a Dutch greeting... Thank gawd I've postponed my Low-Countries vacation until I found out this little tid-bit...
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Post by HARD ROCK UNIVERSE on Jan 24, 2006 0:07:50 GMT -5
Sounds like this dude watched 'The Silence Of The Lambs' a few too many times
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