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Woman's ear sliced for £10 debt | Woman's ear sliced for £10 debt |
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A drug dealer has been found guilty of cutting part of a woman's ear off because she owed him £10. | A drug dealer has been found guilty of cutting part of a woman's ear off because she owed him £10. |
Andre Singh made Patricia Amos, who sold drugs for him, kneel in woods near Banbury, Oxfordshire, and cut off the top of her ear. | |
At Birmingham Crown Court, Singh, 29, from Wednesbury, West Midlands, was convicted of wounding with intent and having cocaine with intent to supply. | |
He was also found guilty of shooting a man twice in the leg over a drug debt. | He was also found guilty of shooting a man twice in the leg over a drug debt. |
And Singh was also convicted of possessing a stun gun without a firearms certificate. | And Singh was also convicted of possessing a stun gun without a firearms certificate. |
Told to kneel | Told to kneel |
He is due to be sentenced at a later date. | |
Ms Amos, who in 2002 became the first parent in the country to be jailed for letting her daughter play truant, owed Singh money, the court heard. | |
She had been ordered to pay him money for drugs she had sold, but only had £390 of the £400 she owed. | She had been ordered to pay him money for drugs she had sold, but only had £390 of the £400 she owed. |
Ms Amos had been told to go to Teddy Bear Woods on 20 March last year, where she was met by Singh and another unidentified man, the court heard. | |
She was told to close her eyes and had a gun put into her mouth, before being told to kneel. | |
Ms Amos then felt a pulling on her ear and excruciating pain as the top of her left ear was cut off, the jury was told. | Ms Amos then felt a pulling on her ear and excruciating pain as the top of her left ear was cut off, the jury was told. |
She managed to stagger out of the woods and asked some nearby youths for help. | She managed to stagger out of the woods and asked some nearby youths for help. |
In August last year Singh shot Mark Usmar in an alleyway in Handsworth Wood after Mr Usmar had gone to pay him £320, the court also heard. |