LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – A Lincoln woman who claimed self-defense
for biting off a part of a man’s ear has been given 5-to-12 years
in prison.
Court records say 22-year-old Anna Godfrey had been convicted in
June of felony assault. She was sentenced on Monday.
Lincoln police say Godfrey was at a party in April 2010 and got
into an argument with a group of people and had attacked the man
because he’d said she was fat.
At trial, Godfrey admitted running across the street toward the
group, but she said she wanted to fight with one of the man’s
friends who had insulted her. She says the man tackled her and had
her in a choke hold, so she bit him in self-defense before she
passed out.