Aggressive ‘seducer’s’ loose tongue gets bitten off
Man gets four-month prison sentence suspended for a year, for violent sexual assault
6 June 2013, 12:00am
Chris Mangion
Chris Mangion
1 min read
A man who attempted to forcefully seduce a Nepalese woman found his match, when his loose tongue was "bitten" by the woman.
Crispin Grima, 35, from Santa Lucia, was arraigned in court under arrest after seeking medical attention when the tip of his tongue was bitten off by Shanti Shresta, 28, from the country of Nepal.
Shresta was walking home through the Testaferrata Street, in Gzira, when an unknown male approached her and called out to her "Hawn, sabiha" (Hey, gorgeous). Moments later, the aggressor attempted to touch her but she pushed him away. At this point, the aggressor grabbed the woman by the throat and forcefully kissed her.
But the second Shresta felt Grima's tongue in her mouth, she fended him off by biting it hard, cutting off its tip. One of the women in the area, notorious for its red-light strip, heard her cries for help and assisted her. Grima, in the meantime, ran away.
The court heard how the police actually found the severed part of the tongue in the street where the incident took place. Duty Magistrate Doreen Clarke held an onsite inquiry.
Grima checked in at the Floriana health centre at 4:38am with a bleeding tongue, where he was medicated and referred to Mater Dei Hospital. There he was arrested.
Grima pleaded guilty to the charge of violent sexual assault, and was handed a four-month prison term, suspended for a year.
Dr Gianella Demarco and Dr Gianluca Caruana Curran appeared for the accused.
Chris Mangion is MaltaToday’s photojournalist, joining the newspaper in 2013.
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Testaferrata Street is very visibly a red light area, with women inviting cars and passers by to approach them for business. The fact that the area is known by locals and foreigners alike as a red light area increases the danger for people, (especially women) just trying to get home, from predatory men who want to get their rocks off and cannot distinguish between prostitutes and non-prostitutes. It is high time that either the police/parliament tackle the problem of prostitution, or parliament legitimises the trade taking it off the streets.
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He got more than he could chew, but four months jail, suspended term, for assault! Some deterrent! The poor girl must be petrified. The lawyers' reputation enhanced once again.
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Malta's inadequate legal system,people have learned that legalising prostitution directly leads to improved monitoring of individuals.
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Serves him right. He is a very, very lucky chap. If the lady had been carrying a Kukri (traditional Nepalese curved blade)he could easily have lost his kukki!!!
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. . . and our minister for culture want to introduce 'Controlled Pornography'. I am not going to comment on this case because the accused has been sentenced, ending with a short tongue and a four month prison sentence suspended for one year. The lesson is the more artificially blown up sex is acclaimed the more vulnerable people suffer for their imagination all their life.
