A 21-year-old woman from Marsascala this morning pleaded not guilty to defiling a 12-year-old girl who was her neighbour on New Year’s Eve.
She also pleaded not guilty to breaching the conditions of two previous releases.
Magistrate Edwina Grima granted the woman bail against a personal guarantee of €10,000 after ensuring that the accused would be moving house to live with her father in a different locality.
The woman's name cannot be published by court order to protect the identity of the minor.