A jealous boyfriend left his girlfriend covered in blood and convinced her top lip had come off when he bit her during a kiss, The Daily Mail reports.

Rhys Culley, of South Shields, Tyneside, had asked Chanttelle Ward if he loved her before he sank his teeth into her face during the horrific attack.

Prosecutors said the 23-year-old had been jealous and insecure about what the 18-year-old could get up to while he was working away when he decided to disfigure her.

Jurors at Newcastle Crown Court saw pictures of teeth marks in Miss Ward's upper lip after the attack, during which he smeared her own blood around her face and forced his tongue in her mouth.

Culley, who had been in a relationship with Miss Ward for more than two years, denied wounding with intent but was found guilty after a trial.

He will be sentenced next month and has now been remanded in custody.

Greame Cook, defending, applied for the shopfitter's bail to be allowed to continue while he awaits sentence but Miss Recorder Wigin refused.

The judge said: 'The sentence will inevitably be custody.'

Jurors heard Culley bit down on the victim's lip with the same force that would be needed to bite through a 1cm thick piece of rubber.

As well as the gruesome 'very deep' injury to her mouth, Miss Ward had bruising and scratches to her head and body after the attack, which started after a row about Facebook.

Miss Ward told jurors during the trial Culley had tried to kiss her and asked her if she still loved him before the bite.

She said: 'He put his whole mouth around my lips and pulled, I thought that my whole lip had come off. There was blood everywhere.'

The court heard trouble had flared at Miss Ward's home after a night out, when he chased her from room to room and attacked her.

Prosecutor Emma Dowling said Culley kicked and punched Miss Ward, pulled her hair, threw her into furniture and threw things at her before finally launching the frenzied facial attack.

The attack happened on 22 February this year.