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Model sustained ‘septic’ injuries after being bitten by ex-partner, court hears

Source: PA Wire

A model sustained injuries that turned “septic” after being bitten multiple times by her ex-partner, a court has heard.

Chloe Othen, 33,  was punched in the head 30 times, strangled and dragged along the floor by her hair by Ricky Lawrence, 32, the Nightingale Crown Court in Holborn, central London, was told on Tuesday.

Giving her opening statement, prosecutor Sheilagh Davies said Lawrence, of Hans Crescent, , west London, beat Ms Othen, took her phone and stopped her from leaving

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