Accused of defiling young girl

Waylon Johnston

A man from Birkirkara was this morning charged with defiling a girl aged between six and eight between 2006 and 2007 in Marsascala.

The man was charged with defiling the girl, holding her against her will, committing a violent act against her and offending public morals. Presiding over the case Magistrate Jaqueline Padovani heard the case behind closed doors.

Police Inspector Raymond Aquilina prosecuted.

Lawyer Joe Mifsud appeared parte civile.

Comments

A. Spiteri (3 weeks, 1 day ago)

Mr. Zammit i have to agree with you that these people should be revealed to the public but in this case the man was ACCUSED not convicted. What ever happened to innocent until proven guilty?

Jason Zammit (3 weeks, 1 day ago)

Can I know why, time after time, these Pedophiles - because there is no other word to describe them- are allowed to go on with their lives unbeknown by members of society? In the West, these Men are put on a register - schools and residents notified upon them moving into the vicinity. Yesterday a 37 year old teacher on the island was arrested or arraigned after texting and emailing sexually explicit material to one of his students at a "private school"! That's all we know? He gets to keep his squeaky clean image and the School gets to keep all of it's "paying" parents on their books! WIN WIN, or is it? Until he does it again at another school or worse? I know the law is trying to protect the identity of the victims here - but I truly believe these individuals who perpetrate these crimes need to be NAMED AND SHAMED... period.