A thug who bit a pregnant woman while she was being attacked by another woman has been spared jail.

Lee Williams, 27, sank his teeth into Emma Musgrave's ear as anger over a vandalised vehicle erupted into violence in Aspatria.

Miss Musgrave was 29 weeks pregnant at the time of the incident on April 11, last year.

Carlisle Crown Court heard the bleeding victim later attended hospital.

She was vaccinated against hepatitis B after staff were informed Williams was a "known misuser of drugs".

Having admitted actual bodily harm, Williams was sentenced by Recorder Jeremy Lasker.

Williams, of Springkell, Aspatria, received a 15-month prison sentence, suspended for two years.

Recorder Lasker also gave him a rehabilitation requirement, a 12-week curfew and a restraining order which prevents him from contacting Miss Musgrave for two years.