Attorney General appeals tongue-bite sentence

The Attorney General has appealed the four-month suspended jail term given to the man who had part of his tongue bitten off by a Nepalese woman after he sexually assaulted her. Attorney General Peter Grech confirmed that the appeal was filed by his office, in the case of Crispin Grima, on the ground that the punishment was too lenient. Mr Grima, 35, was given the suspended jail term after admitting to the violent in­decent assault of the 27-year-old woman. See interview with the woman at http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20130616/local/Woman-who-bit-off-tongue-is-living-in-fear.474014 After the punishment was handed down the National Council of Women said the sentence did not reflect the seriousness of the crime of sexual assault. The victim herself – Ms Shrestha (who preferred not to see her first name published) – agreed. In an interview published last week she told The Sunday Times of Malta that she felt it was not fair that her aggressor got away with a suspended jail term after making her feel “doomed”. Until then the marketing student, who has been living in Malta for four years, was under the impression that her assailant had been effectively jailed. Victim Support...