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Vicky Willingham, 32, bit the man’s left hand hard during the incident at the Catholic Club in Marlowe Road, Teesside Magistrates Court heard.

The victim had to go to hospital for treatment and have injections to protect against possible infections including hepatitis.

His wife had reported two women fighting inside the ladies’ toilets at around 11.15pm on Saturday, February 29, last year.

Alan Davison, prosecuting, said: “He went in and saw two ladies grabbing each other by the hair.

"They were separated by releasing their grip on each other and [the victim] tried to lead Miss Willingham out of the toilet.”

She grabbed him pulling a gold chain from his neck and snapped buttons on his shirt.

Mr Davison added: “He pushed her to the wall and both slid to the floor. She bit him on his left hand.

"He said she bit down with such force it broke all the layers of skin and he had to pull his hand out her teeth to release her grip.”

The victim went to the University Hospital of Hartlepool where the wound was cleaned and dressed and he received injections.

Shop worker Willingham, of St Abbs Walk, Hartlepool, admitted actual bodily harm.

The court heard she was a woman of good character.

Her solicitor, Colin Sleeman, read a reference from her work manager which described her as hard working and a devoted single mother to her children.

District Judge Timothy Captstick said the bar manager was “simply doing his job” when Willingham assaulted him, causing a “nasty” injury.

But he added: “Given what I have read and heard I treat this as a one-off incident when you had too much to drink.

“You are highly regarded at the place where you have worked for eight years.

"On the other hand I have to sentence you for this assault. I have seen photographs of the injury that he sustained.”

Willingham was ordered to pay the bar manager £250 compensation.

She was also given a six month community order and a six-week tagged curfew between 7pm and 5am.

Drunken Hartlepool woman bit bar manager’s hand during fracas in social club