James Leopold, 33, (right) told jurors it was an accident when he hit his fiancee, Laura Lee Robertson, 47, (left) in the neck in reaction to her biting his penis following an argument in April 2011. (RCMP handout photo)

A Nova Scotia man was sentenced to seven years in prison for killing his fiancee after she bit his penis.

James Leopold, 33, was charged with second-degree murder, but was found guilty of the lesser charge of manslaughter last month.

On April 14, 2011, RCMP in Liverpool, N.S., received a report of a missing woman after Laura Lee Robertson failed to show up for work. Her body was found April 27 in a wooded area.

Leopold told jurors it was an accident when he hit Robertson, 47, in the neck with his two hands in reaction to her biting his penis following an argument, as reported by the Chronicle Herald.

Leopold told the court he panicked after Robertson's death and moved her body from their apartment.

Leopold had pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder. The jury was instructed they could find him guilty of the lesser offence of manslaughter.

A forensic pathologist testified Robertson suffered "significant force to the neck" and was likely strangled.

Leopold will serve six more years behind bars, having been given credit for one year time already served.