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Woman tore off ex-lover's testicle
Last updated at 00:00am on 11.01.05A jilted woman today admitted ripping off her ex-lover's testicle with her bare hands after he refused to have sex with her.
Amanda Monti, 24, flew into a rage after her ex-boyfriend, 37-year-old Geoffrey Jones, rejected her advances at the end of a drunken house party.
She yanked off his left testicle, which was later handed to him by a friend with the words: "That's yours."
Monti initially tried to hide the testicle by putting it in her mouth, but released it. Doctors were unable to re-attach the organ.
Monti, of Birkenhead, Merseyside, pleaded guilty to wounding at Liverpool Crown Court today and will be sentenced next month.
The court heard that Mr Jones had ended his long-term relationship with Monti towards the end of May last year.
The pair remained on good terms and on May 30, Monti offered to collect Mr Jones from a barbecue and drive him to his home in Netherton, Merseyside. She then drove him to another party and then home again, where friends joined them for more drinks.
As the drinks party was winding down, Monti told Mr Jones she wanted to discuss their relationship and offered him sex.
When he refused, she grabbed his face and a struggle ensued.
Mr Jones threw petite Monti, who is little more than 5ft 2ins tall, out of the house. She then smashed a window and confronted him on the doorstep as he went to investigate.
Another struggle took place and Monti was knocked to the floor, from where she pulled down Mr Jones' shorts.
In a statement read out by judge Charles James, Mr Jones continued: "I was left standing in my underpants. She was still lying on the floor.
"Suddenly she grabbed my genitals and pulled hard. That caused my underpants to come off and I found I was completely naked and in excruciating pain."
Referring to his friend Danny McDonagh, who was sleeping at the house after the party, Mr Jones said: "I believe Danny walked out shortly afterwards. He came into the kitchen and said to me, 'That's yours', and I saw that he was holding one of my testicles in his hand."
Defence barrister Wendy Lloyd said her client did not remember much of the incident. However, she accepted the prosecution's version of events and did not claim to have acted in self-defence.
Monti, who spoke only to confirm her name and enter a guilty plea, was released on conditional bail for sentence on February 10.
