Posted on 03/11/2022 6:24:24 PM PST by Trillian
A female vicar punched and bit her fiancée in a drunken lovers spat during lockdown after necking glasses of wine, a court heard.
Michelle Bailey, 54, has gone on trial accused of attacked her then-partner Diane Shaw, 56, at the victim's home in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, on May 23, 2020.
A court heard Rev Bailey had been staying with Miss Shaw during the coronavirus lockdown but their ten-month relationship had 'turned sour'.
Miss Shaw said that after going shopping Rev Bailey became 'agitated' when they returned home and shared a bottle of wine over dinner.
She then began pacing the bungalow the pair had just moved into before launching an attack which 'inflicted awful violence', the court heard.
Miss Shaw was punched three times before being bitten on the wrist and also had her glasses broken during the alleged assault.
She was left with two black eyes, a split nose, her ear detached from her head, bite marks and bruises to her torso.
Rev Bailey has been suspended from her £40,000-a-year job as Priest in Charge of The Benefice of Dan Yr Epynt in the Diocese of Swansea and Brecon since the incident.
The mother-of-three previously hit the headlines in her former parish in Stewkley, Buckinghamshire, after leaving her husband for a female bull-breeder.
In a blistering sermon she likened her parishioners to a 'nest of vipers' and accused them of breaking up her marriage with 'poisonous' gossip.
Miss Shaw told North Staffordshire Justice Centre she felt 'scared' as she was bitten as she feared Rev Bailey had taken the skin tissue away from her arm.
Prosecutor Simon Dyke said: 'It's a straightforward allegation that took place at the victim's address. Michelle had been residing at that address during lockdown.
'The couple had been in an intimate relationship for some time
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It’s serious.
I think they call that “foreplay”.
Heh... heh heh... nice.
Guess they didn’t remember Paul’s admonishment to the Corinthians about getting drunk during communion. Also they also misunderstand what entails the Lord’s supper.
Church of the Love of the World
Truer words never spoken. I have 2 sisters that prove that. 2 more vile narcissistic greedy ingrates you could ever hope to meet. Very sad really.
Lol, you saved me from quoting that!

Ye gods.
Staffordshire bitches don’t play.
Homo couples are extremely stable, dontcha know?
“Prosecutor Simon Dyke”
We live in The Matrix. At least our AI overlords have a sense of humor.
They are never hot, like in the movies.
What “diet” are you referring to?
Sexual or food?
If you let the Debbil in somethin’ bad gonna happen, every time.
She seems nice.
Now, that’s a good bitch.
It started when one of them, in t(e midst of a heated discussion, said:”I’ll be Frank!” Her paramour snapped at her saying “no! I’ll be Frank!”
I can’t touch that one.
The jokes write themselves.
With a prosecutor named Simon Dyke they sure do.
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