Woman's thumb partly bitten off in fight

SYDNEY - A woman bit off part of another woman's thumb in a fight at a home in northern New South Wales.

Police said a 19-year-old woman had been drinking with a 28-year-old woman at the Tamworth home yesterday when the pair began arguing.

In a fight that followed, the top part of the 19-year-old woman's thumb was bitten off.

Emergency services workers later located the thumb and the victim underwent surgery at Tamworth Base Hospital to reattach it.

A 28 year-old woman was arrested later and charged with recklessly causing grievous bodily harm.

She was refused bail and is due to appear at Tamworth Local Court on Wednesday.

- AAP