A 35-year-old woman, Cynthia Unabor, was on Tuesday arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, charged with biting off her neighbour’s ear.
Unabor, a resident of No. 3, Asutan St., Obawole, Iju, Lagos, is being tried for breach of peace and assault.
The Prosecutor, Insp. Essien Ndarake, told the court that the accused committed the offences on April 11 at her residence.
Ndarake said that the accused assaulted her neighbour, Mrs Bajomo Oladele, by beating her and biting off her ear.
“The accused inflicted wound on her neighbour by biting off her right ear.’’
Ndarake said that the accused and the complainant had been bearing grudges over an undisclosed matter, which had on two occasions, landed both in police station.
“Both parties were not in good terms; their matter had been with the police twice.
“On that fateful day, the accused claimed that her neighbour was abusing her in her language; so she descended on her, threw her on the ground and punched her all over her body.
“She was not satisfied with the beating; she went further by biting off her ear, causing permanent disability on her ear.
“The flesh of the ear was recovered at the scene of the crime,” he said.
The offences, Ndarake said, contravened Sections 166 and 171 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.
Section 171 provides that if convicted of the offence, the accused is liable to three years’ imprisonment.
The accused pleaded not guilty of the offences and was granted bail in the sum of N50, 000 with one surety in like sum.
The Magistrate, Mrs E. Kubeinje, adjourned the case to May 3 for mention.
