A MAN pulled out a woman’s tooth with pliers while they were having sex because he liked “gummy women” a court has heard.

New Zealander Philip Lyle Hansen has pleaded not guilty to 11 charges, including unlawful sexual connection and charges of wounding with intent to injure four women between 1988 and 2011.

The New Zealand Herald reports that the Wellington District Court in New Zealand heard one woman was having sex with Hansen in the back of his car when he attacked her.

“We were having sex and he started talking about my tooth again – I told him not to touch it,” the unnamed victim said.

“I don’t know why or how but he had these pliers and just had them on my tooth and was shaking the tooth backwards and forwards.

“The tooth came out and he just threw it out the window.”

Crown prosecutor Sally Carter warned the jury that during the trial they would hear evidence about Hansen’s ”fascination or obsession with them not having any teeth”.

“He liked his women without teeth,” Ms Carter said in her opening address.

Hansen was arrested in December 2012. A suppression order to keep his name out of the media was lifted in September last year.

The three other victims reported similar experiences with Hansen as they continue to testify in court this week.

The trial before Judge Bruce Davidson continues.