Retiree cleared of finger-biting charge

An elderly British woman said she is glad the truth is out since she was found innocent of biting off her neighbor's finger during a spat about flowers.

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Pamela Fox, 66, was accused of biting off the finger of neighbor Marija Andric, 51, in a fit of rage concerning her garden, the Daily Telegraph reported Thursday.

Andric said Fox banged on her door and accused her of ruining flowers along the border separating their Maidenhead, England, homes before biting off her finger and running away.

Fox was cleared of the finger-biting charge when Reading Crown Court unanimously acquitted her of one count of grievous bodily harm.

"God knows the truth and the truth has been proved," Fox said on her way out of the court room.

Defense counsel David Povall said Andric's finger was severed in a separate incident during the day.