A Nepalese woman who lives in Malta bit off a piece of a man’s tongue when he tried to kiss her as she was walking home last Saturday.

Crispin Grima, 35, of Sta Lucia was this morning given a four month jail term suspended for a year after he pleaded guilty to the violent indecent assault of Shanti Shrestha at around 3.15am.

The court heard that Ms Shrestha was on her way home from work walking along Testaferrata Street in Gzira.

She noticed she was being followed by Mr Grima, who called her and tried to touch her but she pushed him away.

However, he grabbed her from her throat and tried to kiss her. He put his tongue in her mouth and she bit him hard biting out a piece of his tongue.

She then started shouting and screaming. A woman helped her and he ran off.

Mr Grima later went to hospital where he was picked up by the police.