A 19-year-old man admitted seriously injuring two sisters, hitting one of them with a knuckle duster.

Graham Agius, of Santa Luċija, was yesterday given a two-year jail term suspended for four years over the incident, which happened on Sunday at about 4.30 p.m. in Fgura. He also pleaded guilty to insulting the young women and to the illegal possession of the knuckle duster, a metal brace for the knuckles that magnifies the potential damage inflicted by a punch.

On handing down judgment, Magistrate Claire Stafrace noted that Mr Agius had filed an early guilty plea.

She also fined him €300.

Police Inspector Alexander Grech prosecuted.

Lawyer José Herrera represented Mr Agius.

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