A man from Zejtun has been given a suspended sentence by the Gozo Courts after pleading guilty to denigrating the Roman Catholic religion.

26-year-old Melvin Barbara of Zejtun was accused that on the night of between February 21 and 22, he offended Roman Catholics or the ministers of this religion during the Nadur carnival.

He was accused of wearing a sacred habit without permission, or against the prohibition of the respective authorities.