Man jailed for cutting off girlfriend's tongue

A man has been sentenced to eight-and-a-half years' jail for severing a woman's tongue. Mohammed Tasleem Tahir was in a relationship with Catherine Skinner in Adelaide, and when she moved to the Gold Coast, he followed her. The Southport District Court heard in November 2010, the then 21-year-old attacked Ms Skinner in her apartment. The Crown prosecutor told the court Tahir smashed an empty bottle over the 20-year-old's head several times, fracturing her eye socket. Tahir then dragged a knife across her face, cutting her mouth and severing her tongue, the court heard. Judge Katherine McGinness sentenced Tahir to eight-and-a-half years' jail. She ordered he be eligible for parole after serving a third of his sentence. A woman in the public gallery gasped when the judge explained that, due to time already served, Tahir could be released in September next year.

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