A woman on Monday was conditionally discharged after pleading guilty to causing her wife slight injury.

Inspector Sherona Buhagiar told the Court that the victim had filed a police report against her wife of four years last month, stating that she had been punched in the face.

The defendant did not deny dealing the blow, maintaining however that she did so in order to protect herself from her wife who had confronted her with a screwdriver.

The woman pled guilty to the charges, an admission she confirmed after the Court, presided over by Magistrate Joseph Gatt, temporarily suspended the sitting so as to afford the defendant time to reconsider her plea.

The defendant was handed a conditional discharge.

The prosecution was led by Inspector Sherona Buhagiar.

Defence lawyers Franco Debono and Adreana Zammit appeared for the defendant.

Lawyer Josephine Farrugia Mifsud appeared parte civile.