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Woman's Tongue 'Bitten Off' In Sexual Rampage

U.K. - A MAN bit off and chewed part of a woman's tongue during a sex rampage which saw him target four other females in one night, a court heard today.

Andrew Humphris, 36, preyed on "vulnerable" women and acted "like an animal", the jury at Preston Crown Court was told.

The court heard that Humphris forced the woman, who was working as a prostitute, to open her mouth with his fingers before biting off a portion of her tongue and chewing it in front of her.

Outlining the case for the prosecution, Richard Haworth said the attacks became more violent during the night as Humphris became increasingly frustrated.

Humphris had visited a prostitute while on a trip to Blackpool to see his brother on October 28 last year.

Mr Haworth said the accused became aggressive and bit the girl's tongue but not enough to draw blood.

Shortly after midnight he harassed a woman, trying to separate her from her friends, and later carried out a violent sex attack on a woman in her own car, the jury was told.

After biting off part of the tongue of the fourth victim shortly before 3am he chased a fifth woman who was driving to work. He rammed her car and tried to force her to stop, said Mr Haworth.

Humphris, of St Paul's Tower, Leyton, east London, denies one count of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm; one count of attempting to wound; one count of attempted kidnapping; one count of sexual assault; and one count of committing an offence with intent to commit a sexual offence.

He has pleaded guilty to one charge of dangerous driving.

None of the victims can be named for legal reasons.

Describing the tongue biting attack Mr Haworth said: "He lifted the victim's head up and turned her head towards him. He grabbed her and pulled her face towards his and he put his fingers in her mouth trying to force her mouth open.

"He grabbed her by the throat and, the Crown say, tried to throttle her.

"He held her by the throat and demanded she put her tongue out of her mouth. He shouted, 'give me a tongue'.

"She was terrified. She described him as almost like an animal. He proceeded then to bite her tongue with such ferocity that he bit off a large part of her tongue completely.

"He started to chew the piece of tongue he had bitten off."

Mr Haworth said that as the woman staggered from the car, her tongue bleeding "profusely", Humphris kicked her and yelled "dirty little bitch".

Mr Haworth said: "The Crown say he selected victims during that short period of time in their varying ways who are vulnerable and susceptible to his targeting. In short, they were easy prey for the defendant."

Describing Humphris after the attack on the prostitute, Mr Haworth told Judge Robert Brown: "He was still overcome by the urge to commit a sex offence."