A moment of jealousy sparked a fight between a Romanian man and his Maltese partner that left her in hospital and her 12-year-old daughter suffering from slight injuries, a court heard yesterday.

When Mihai Vasile-Cristian, 35, from Qormi, looked at another woman, his partner Caroline Bianco got jealous, according to his lawyer Renzo Porsella Flores.

Ms Bianco scratched his face and he hit her last Sunday, Dr Porsella Flores said.

During his arraignment for hurting Ms Bianco yesterday, Mr Vasile-Cristian told Magistrate Claire Stafrace Zammit they had been living together in his house for around18 months but he paid for practically everything.

The children were now living with her sister, he said.

Magistrate Stafrace Zammit granted him bail.

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