By . Leon Watson for MailOnline . A jealous boyfriend left his girlfriend covered in blood and convinced her top lip had come off when he bit her during a kiss. Rhys Culley, of South Shields, Tyneside, had asked Chanttelle Ward if she loved him before he sank his teeth into her face during the horrific attack. Prosecutors said the 23-year-old had been jealous and insecure about what the 18-year-old could get up to while he was working away when he decided to disfigure her. Jurors at Newcastle Crown Court saw pictures of teeth marks in Miss Ward's upper lip after the attack, during which he smeared her own blood around her face and forced his tongue in her mouth. Chanttelle Ward, 18, was left covered in blood and convinced her top lip had come off when her boyfriend bit her during a kiss . Smirking: Rhys Culley outside Newcastle Crown Court where he was found guilty of wounding with intent . Culley, who had been in a relationship with Miss Ward for more than two years, denied wounding with intent but was found guilty after a trial. He will be sentenced next month and has now been remanded in custody. Greame Cook, defending, applied for the shopfitter's bail to be allowed to continue while he awaits sentence but Miss Recorder Wigin refused. The judge said: 'The sentence will inevitably be custody.' Jurors heard Culley bit down on the victim's lip with the same force that would be needed to bite through a 1cm thick piece of rubber. As well as the gruesome 'very deep' injury to her mouth, Miss Ward had bruising and scratches to her head and body after the attack, which started after a row about Facebook. Chanttelle Ward, who was left disfigured following a horrific attack when her boyfriend Rhys Culley sank his teeth into her face, leaving her convinced he had bitten her upper lip off . Miss Ward told jurors during the trial Culley had tried to kiss her and asked her if she still loved him before the bite. She said: 'He put his whole mouth around my lips and pulled, I thought that my whole lip had come off. There was blood everywhere.' The court heard trouble had flared at Miss Ward's home after a night out, when he chased her from room to room and attacked her. Prosecutor Emma Dowling said Culley kicked and punched Miss Ward, pulled her hair, threw her into furniture and threw things at her before finally launching the frenzied facial attack. The attack happened on February 22 this year, after the young couple had been out at the County Public House in South Shields. Miss Ward suffered not only the injuries to her mouth, but bruising to her arms and body, a scratch to her left breast and bruising of the face and ear . Jurors heard Culley, of South Shields, Tyneside, bit down on the victim's lip with the same force that would be needed to bite through a 1cm thick piece of rubber . They had been celebrating Miss Ward's mother's birthday and at about 10.30pm Miss Ward, the defendant and her aunt Susan Stewart shared a taxi home, dropping her aunt off first. When the defendant and his girlfriend got back to her house, the mood of the night changed. The defendant brought up a conversation that his girlfriend had had with another man on Facebook earlier in the month. The defendant then took Miss Ward's phone off her in a bid to look through her Facebook messages. After Culley had bitten his victim, he 'rubbed his face in hers, smearing the blood across her face and then he stuck his tongue into her mouth . The court heard how when he found that the messages were no longer there he became angry and started to shout at Miss Ward accusing her of having something to hide. At this point, Miss Ward told the court, she realised that something was wrong and that this wasn't a 'normal' argument for the pair, who had been together for almost two and a half years. She became scared and lifted her phone to call the defendant's mother to ask her to come and get him. But Culley is said to have taken the phone from his victim, he also locked the doors so that she couldn't escape. Later, when her phone was left unattended she made an emergency call but Culley again took the phone from her. Miss Dowling said that after Culley had bitten his victim, he 'rubbed his face in hers, smearing the blood across her face and then he stuck his tongue into her mouth'. 'When the police arrived they saw that they both had blood on them and over their faces.' Culley was arrested and Miss Ward was taken to hospital to have her injuries examined. She suffered not only the injuries to her mouth, but bruising to her arms and body, a scratch to her left breast and bruising of the face and ear. During his evidence Culley said he did not mean to harm his 'beautiful' girlfriend, who he knew he was lucky to have.
Rhys Culley sank his teeth into Chanttelle Ward's face during the attack .
He then smeared her own blood  and forced his tongue in her mouth .
Culley had been in a relationship with Miss Ward for more than two years .
Culley, 18, denied charge but was found guilty of wounding with intent .
By . Leon Watson for MailOnline . A jealous boyfriend left his girlfriend covered in blood and convinced her top lip had come off when he bit her during a kiss. Rhys Culley, of South Shields, Tyneside, had asked Chanttelle Ward if she loved him before he sank his teeth into her face during the horrific attack. Prosecutors said the 23-year-old had been jealous and insecure about what the 18-year-old could get up to while he was working away when he decided to disfigure her. Jurors at Newcastle Crown Court saw pictures of teeth marks in Miss Ward's upper lip after the attack, during which he smeared her own blood around her face and forced his tongue in her mouth. Chanttelle Ward, 18, was left covered in blood and convinced her top lip had come off when her boyfriend bit her during a kiss . Smirking: Rhys Culley outside Newcastle Crown Court where he was found guilty of wounding with intent . Culley, who had been in a relationship with Miss Ward for more than two years, denied wounding with intent but was found guilty after a trial. He will be sentenced next month and has now been remanded in custody. Greame Cook, defending, applied for the shopfitter's bail to be allowed to continue while he awaits sentence but Miss Recorder Wigin refused. The judge said: 'The sentence will inevitably be custody.' Jurors heard Culley bit down on the victim's lip with the same force that would be needed to bite through a 1cm thick piece of rubber. As well as the gruesome 'very deep' injury to her mouth, Miss Ward had bruising and scratches to her head and body after the attack, which started after a row about Facebook. Chanttelle Ward, who was left disfigured following a horrific attack when her boyfriend Rhys Culley sank his teeth into her face, leaving her convinced he had bitten her upper lip off . Miss Ward told jurors during the trial Culley had tried to kiss her and asked her if she still loved him before the bite. She said: 'He put his whole mouth around my lips and pulled, I thought that my whole lip had come off. There was blood everywhere.' The court heard trouble had flared at Miss Ward's home after a night out, when he chased her from room to room and attacked her. Prosecutor Emma Dowling said Culley kicked and punched Miss Ward, pulled her hair, threw her into furniture and threw things at her before finally launching the frenzied facial attack. The attack happened on February 22 this year, after the young couple had been out at the County Public House in South Shields. Miss Ward suffered not only the injuries to her mouth, but bruising to her arms and body, a scratch to her left breast and bruising of the face and ear . Jurors heard Culley, of South Shields, Tyneside, bit down on the victim's lip with the same force that would be needed to bite through a 1cm thick piece of rubber . They had been celebrating Miss Ward's mother's birthday and at about 10.30pm Miss Ward, the defendant and her aunt Susan Stewart shared a taxi home, dropping her aunt off first. When the defendant and his girlfriend got back to her house, the mood of the night changed. The defendant brought up a conversation that his girlfriend had had with another man on Facebook earlier in the month. The defendant then took Miss Ward's phone off her in a bid to look through her Facebook messages. After Culley had bitten his victim, he 'rubbed his face in hers, smearing the blood across her face and then he stuck his tongue into her mouth . The court heard how when he found that the messages were no longer there he became angry and started to shout at Miss Ward accusing her of having something to hide. At this point, Miss Ward told the court, she realised that something was wrong and that this wasn't a 'normal' argument for the pair, who had been together for almost two and a half years. She became scared and lifted her phone to call the defendant's mother to ask her to come and get him. But Culley is said to have taken the phone from his victim, he also locked the doors so that she couldn't escape. Later, when her phone was left unattended she made an emergency call but Culley again took the phone from her. Miss Dowling said that after Culley had bitten his victim, he 'rubbed his face in hers, smearing the blood across her face and then he stuck his tongue into her mouth'. 'When the police arrived they saw that they both had blood on them and over their faces.' Culley was arrested and Miss Ward was taken to hospital to have her injuries examined. She suffered not only the injuries to her mouth, but bruising to her arms and body, a scratch to her left breast and bruising of the face and ear. During his evidence Culley said he did not mean to harm his 'beautiful' girlfriend, who he knew he was lucky to have.
attack, during which he smeared her own blood around her face and forced his tongue in her Court where he was found guilty of wounding with intent . Culley, who had been in a relationship with Miss Ward for more than two years, denied wounding with intent but was found guilty after a boyfriend Rhys Culley sank his teeth into her face and then he stuck his tongue into her mouth