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A woman pulled her dad's prothetic leg off before climbing on top of him and biting his face. Helena Coyne, who had been drinking, also kicked her father's dog during the sickening attack.

The 37-year-old, from Withington, was hauled before a court following the incident on August 15 this year. She escaped with a community order having admitted occasioning actual bodily harm.

A judge told her: "This was a mean, brutal and humiliating assault which you committed on your own father." Prosecuting, Gavin Howie earlier told Manchester Crown Court Coyne's father Michael is a double amputee who lives with his dog. He had 'several fingers amputated' after contracting sepsis, the court heard.

"He lives in a ground floor flat specially adapted for his needs," Mr Howie added. "A n

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