A teenager bit a man who was raping her and the marks she left behind were later matched to her teeth, a jury was told yesterday.
The 18-year-old woman said she bit her attacker 'really hard' on each upper arm as he pinned her down on a bed. 'His arms were beside me and I bit him . . . I bit him several times,' she said.
Asked by the judge whether the man had reacted when she sank her teeth into him, the witness said: 'He continued pinning me down.' Prosecutor Jackson Poon said the teenager could not prevent herself from being raped by biting the attacker. But when he was arrested four days later, the marks could still be seen on his arms, it was alleged.
A dentistry expert examined photographs of the marks and compared them with a model of the woman's teeth.
Mr Poon said: 'He concluded that the teeth model of the victim matches the bite mark on the right arm of the accused. It is highly probable the victim made the bite marks on the right arm of the accused.' The marks on the other arm were not clear enough to be compared.
Mr Poon said the marks were evidence of 'defensive bites, not love bites'. There was also DNA evidence to show it was extremely likely that the defendant had sex with the woman.