A mother who was jailed for biting off her partner's testicles has landed back in court after the pair rekindled their romance.
Martin Douglas required emergency surgery and 19 stitches to re-attach his scrotum after the drunken assault by then-girlfriend Maria Topp.
But after reviving their love Topp claims she was “stabbed in the back” by Douglas after he reported her to police for breaching her restraining order.
Topp, 45, admitted unlawfully and maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm as her trial at Newcastle Crown Court was about to start last October.
The mother-of-four was handed a 12-month sentence, suspended for 18 months, plus a restraining order which banned her from contacting Douglas.
However, after a “chance” encounter in Newcastle in March this year, the pair got back together again.
The pair had a “friendly chat” after bumping into each other in Yates’ wine bar in the city centre.
Topp followed up the meeting by texting Douglas asking: “Do you still love me?”
The pair resumed their love affair, but it had fizzled out once more in June, at which point Douglas reported Topp's breach of her restraining order.
Appearing in Newcastle Magistrate's Court Topp pleaded guilty to breaching a restraining order.
Prosecuting, David Thompson said: "This is a breach of a restraining order where the relationship ended against a backdrop of domestic violence for which Ms Topp was convicted in November last year.
"She was made subject of an order that essentially forbade any contact with Mr Douglas.
"In March this year the parties had a chance encounter and following that there was contact on her part with him.
"It prompted them to meet, it was initially platonic but then developed into a resumption of the previous relationship.
"There appears to have been an attempt by Mr Douglas to lift the terms of the restraining order but that was not pursued.
"The relationship ended after a day out on June 28 this year.
"It is fair to say it did not end amicably. He then complained about the breach of the order."
Topp, of Washington, Tyne and Wear, was fined £150 and ordered to pay £15 a week surcharge from her £40.50 a week Jobseeker's Allowance.
Elizabeth Dunbar, defending, said that Topp had initially pleaded not guilty as the terms of the order meant she could not contact her former lover 'without reasonable excuse.
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