The jury has been discharged in the trial of a man who was accused of biting and beating his model ex-partner at his west London flat.

Chloe Othen, 33, was left with bite marks, bruises and a septic cut all over her body after she went to see Ricky Lawrence, 32, at his £1.5million Knightsbridge flat on October 15 2022. 

The jury, sitting at the City Nightingale Crown Court in Holborn, central London, were discharged on Friday after they were unable to reach a verdict in the trial of Mr Lawrence.

They had spent six hours and seven minutes considering their decision. The prosecution has yet to confirm if there will be a retrial.

Mr Lawrence denied a charge of assault occasioning actual bodily harm to the Instagram influencer in the early hours of October 15 2022.

In releasing the jury, Judge Noel Casey told them: ‘Thank you for trying. Thank you for all the time you have given to this case.’

He said that situations involving a hung jury can happen ‘from time to time and a juror is entitled to whatever their own view is of the case – you are discharged from your deliberations.’

Ms Othen had claimed she was punched in the head 30 times, strangled and dragged along the floor by her hair by the defendant.

She had also accused Lawrence of biting her, taking her phone and stopping her from leaving his flat in Hans Crescent, Knightsbridge.

At the trial on March 5 the teary model said she feared Lawrence was going to murder her after he invited her over in the early hours of the morning by text.

She claimed that Lawrence also grabbed two knives and said he was going to cut her throat. 

‘He just went into a frenzy and attacked me, bear hugged me, punched me about 30 times, bit me, strangled me, it went on for about an hour and a half or whenever I left,’ she told the court.

‘He threw me on the floor, he dragged me by my hair, he pulled me up and down, he pinned me down, he strangled me, just as I was about to lose consciousness, he bit me on my neck and he punched me repeatedly.’

Miss Othen said she was left with a cauliflower ear which had to be drained after it had swelled up from punches.

‘I could not (get away), every time I tried to get up, he would not let me leave,’ she added. ‘I thought I was going to die. I was definitely in there for about an hour.’

When police arrested Lawrence the next day, police found messages that the businessman had sent on the day of the alleged attack.

They read: ‘You f***ed up tonight, watch what I do now, you silly c***’ and ‘you f***ing stupid c***, you’re f****d now I swear, I will do anything in my power to f*** up the rest of your life, screenshot that.’ 

Miss Othen told jurors how Mr Guccuk kept calling and she started screaming the address and for him to call the police.

Speaking about the injuries she suffered, Miss Othen continued: ‘He bit my face, bit my neck which got infected, I have a bite on my arm, my scar, he bit my hip, all of them really deep, I had a tooth mark for about eight months.

‘I physically can’t do this myself and bite my own neck. He bit me six times that drew blood. He punched me at least 30 times.

‘He kicked me in the ribs, he kicked me on the floor like a dog, he was just hitting me and hitting me and he just would not stop.

‘I begged him to stop. He went and got two kitchen knives and told me he was going to slit my throat and chased me around the dining room.’

Telling the jurors how she escaped, Miss Othen said: ‘He dragged me into the bedroom, he throws the phone and my glasses at the other side of the room, he then throws them back at me and that is when I escape and run.

‘He was on the other side of the bedroom so I could run. ‘The bedroom is opposite the front door.

‘I ran to the Berkeley and called my friend Alex to meet me and met her there.

‘After all these events I cannot remember how it happened after, I just remember what happened in that flat. I was traumatised, in shock.’

The jury has been discharged in the trial of a man who was accused of biting and beating his model ex-partner at his west London flat.

Chloe Othen, 33, was left with bite marks, bruises and a septic cut all over her body after she went to see Ricky Lawrence, 32, at his £1.5million Knightsbridge flat on October 15 2022. 

The jury, sitting at the City Nightingale Crown Court in Holborn, central London, were discharged on Friday after they were unable to reach a verdict in the trial of Mr Lawrence.

They had spent six hours and seven minutes considering their decision. The prosecution has yet to confirm if there will be a retrial.

Mr Lawrence denied a charge of assault occasioning actual bodily harm to the Instagram influencer in the early hours of October 15 2022.

In releasing the jury, Judge Noel Casey told them: ‘Thank you for trying. Thank you for all the time you have given to this case.’

He said that situations involving a hung jury can happen ‘from time to time and a juror is entitled to whatever their own view is of the case – you are discharged from your deliberations.’

Ms Othen had claimed she was punched in the head 30 times, strangled and dragged along the floor by her hair by the defendant.

She had also accused Lawrence of biting her, taking her phone and stopping her from leaving his flat in Hans Crescent, Knightsbridge.

At the trial on March 5 the teary model said she feared Lawrence was going to murder her after he invited her over in the early hours of the morning by text.

She claimed that Lawrence also grabbed two knives and said he was going to cut her throat. 

‘He just went into a frenzy and attacked me, bear hugged me, punched me about 30 times, bit me, strangled me, it went on for about an hour and a half or whenever I left,’ she told the court.

‘He threw me on the floor, he dragged me by my hair, he pulled me up and down, he pinned me down, he strangled me, just as I was about to lose consciousness, he bit me on my neck and he punched me repeatedly.’

Miss Othen said she was left with a cauliflower ear which had to be drained after it had swelled up from punches.

‘I could not (get away), every time I tried to get up, he would not let me leave,’ she added. ‘I thought I was going to die. I was definitely in there for about an hour.’

When police arrested Lawrence the next day, police found messages that the businessman had sent on the day of the alleged attack.

They read: ‘You f***ed up tonight, watch what I do now, you silly c***’ and ‘you f***ing stupid c***, you’re f****d now I swear, I will do anything in my power to f*** up the rest of your life, screenshot that.’ 

Miss Othen told jurors how Mr Guccuk kept calling and she started screaming the address and for him to call the police.

Speaking about the injuries she suffered, Miss Othen continued: ‘He bit my face, bit my neck which got infected, I have a bite on my arm, my scar, he bit my hip, all of them really deep, I had a tooth mark for about eight months.

‘I physically can’t do this myself and bite my own neck. He bit me six times that drew blood. He punched me at least 30 times.

‘He kicked me in the ribs, he kicked me on the floor like a dog, he was just hitting me and hitting me and he just would not stop.

‘I begged him to stop. He went and got two kitchen knives and told me he was going to slit my throat and chased me around the dining room.’

Telling the jurors how she escaped, Miss Othen said: ‘He dragged me into the bedroom, he throws the phone and my glasses at the other side of the room, he then throws them back at me and that is when I escape and run.

‘He was on the other side of the bedroom so I could run. ‘The bedroom is opposite the front door.

‘I ran to the Berkeley and called my friend Alex to meet me and met her there.

‘After all these events I cannot remember how it happened after, I just remember what happened in that flat. I was traumatised, in shock.’