A couple have both been found not guilty of violent offences after 'all hell broke loose' in a Wythenshawe pub.
Laurence Bradley, 53, and Deborah Kinsey, 58, were both found not guilty by a jury following a Manchester Crown Court trial.
The trial followed an incident at the Jolly Butcher pub in Baguley, Wythenshawe, where a woman lost part of her finger.
Mr Bradley was accused of biting part of the woman's finger off.
Ms Kinsey was accused of attacking the woman in a separate incident a few minutes later.
Judge Martin Rudland paid tribute to the 'dignity' the defendants showed during the trial.
One of their supporters said 'justice' as they left the court.
Jurors heard that the couple had been part of a larger group of up to 25 people who had arrived at the pub at about 8pm, on February 11, 2017.
At some stage, the alleged victim's partner began to take pictures and videos of the group, the jury was told.
"This seemed to cause some commotion," prosecutor Darren Preston said.
Ms Kinsey was said to have objected to this.
The alleged victim, who was part of the same larger group, then became involved in the argument, jurors heard.
Prosecutors accused Mr Bradley of becoming involved in an argument and biting part of the woman's fingertip off.
During the trial, Mr Bradley said the woman had attacked him from behind, which he tried to 'shrug off'.
Mr Bradley said that he didn't attack her, and said he believed part of her finger came off when she attacked him.
The woman left the pub and returned a short time later, when Ms Kinsey was accused of assaulting her.
She told the jury that she was acting in defence of her partner, after he had been set upon.
Ms Kinsey said that the woman grabbed her hair, and that they started 'grappling'.
'It's a horrible feeling knowing a stranger has been in your house going through your things'
The landlord of the pub told jurors that 'all hell broke loose'.
After Mr Bradley and Ms Kinsey were arrested and taken to the police station, the fingertip was found in Ms Kinsey's pocket.
In interview with the police, Mr Bradley claimed that the woman had been 'giving evil looks all night' and had been 'looking for trouble'.
Mr Bradley, of Thornsgreen Road, Wythenshawe, was cleared of one count of unlawful wounding.
Ms Kinsey, of Tetbury Road, Wythenshawe, was cleared of one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
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