A WOMAN who was the victim of a sexual assault bit off her rapist’s tongue and handed it to police as evidence. The 57-year-old woman was walking her dog at 4am on Sunday 19 February in Avignon, France , when a man began following her. GettyA 57-year-old woman was sexually assaulted in France[/caption] According to the Daily Mail, he approached her, attempted to forcefully hug and kiss her while also slipping his hands down her trousers. After desperately trying to defend herself, the woman bit off the attackers tongue, and fled home. She then took the chunk of flesh to the local police station while accompanied by her son. Officers went to the scene and arrested the man, who is from Tunisia and is living in France illegally. The man, who faces immediate trial and is obliged to leave France, reportedly told officials that the woman was the one who had attacked him, according to France Bleu.