Dad bites off man’s finger at school nativity play

They wrestled for a few moments until one dad screamed as the other latched his teeth on to his finger. The attacker then bit through the digit before "spitting blood out like an animal".

Teachers pulled the pair apart. The pupils, aged five to 11, were preparing in another part of the school — Harton Primary, in South Shields, Tyne and Wear.

One dad said: "We were waiting for the show and I heard a commotion. A man in a white hat stormed in and went for another dad.

"They were fighting and blood was flying. I heard a finger was bitten off."

Another witness said: "The two men started to fight in front of all the mums and dads. One bit the finger off the other and spat the blood out."