A man who says he eats 10 Mars bars a day has claimed a lack of sugar prompted him to attack his girlfriend when she wore big, Bridget Jones-style knickers instead of a G-string, a British court has heard.
Marco Fella, 38, from Callington, Cornwall, told Bodmin Magistrates Court his addiction to sugar was to blame for his behaviour, Britain's The Daily Telegraph reported on Thursday.
Fella, who had been living with his 34-year-old girlfriend for a year, attacked her twice in 10 days.
The court heard that he hit her in the face with a rope and then bit her finger.
Fella admitted two common assaults and his sentencing was adjourned for probation reports.
Prosecutor Janet Furlonger said Fella bit the woman's finger during an argument which started because he wanted her to wear a G-string and she had put on "large pants".
Furlonger said Fella hit her in the face with the rope a few days earlier in another row.
Martin Pearce, defending, said Fella had an addiction to sugar which led him to eat 10 Mars bars a day.
Fella became aggressive if he did not get enough sugar but he had now started an anger management course.
"My client's temper snapped because he felt his partner was not making enough effort in the relationship but he is now deeply sorry for his actions," Pearce said.
Bridget Jones, the main character in hit films based on books by British author Helen Fielding, is famous for her penchant for large knickers.
