'You used excessive force when you were attacked'

DAD-OF-THREE Mark Smith has been fined £300 for assaulting his partner after she hit and bit him.

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The 36-year-old delivery driver and his partner had spent the night drinking when they fell out. Magistrates heard she hit Smith to the lip causing a small cut and began hitting him on the chest. He restrained her and told her to calm down. But she bit both of his