The owner of the City Lights cinema in Valletta was yesterday again charged with screening hardcore films after the police last year seized over 5,000 movies from the same premises.

Police Inspector James Grech said that when officers raided the cinema last August, one of them noticed the owner of the place, 68-year-old Alexander Baldacchino, of Valletta, flick a switch connected to two video players. In one of the players they found a soft porn film and in the other was a hardcore film entitled Lust Connection.

Mr Baldacchino, accompanied by the police, went into the screening hall but no film was showing despite the fact there were about 10 people seated.

Mr Baldacchino yesterday denied distributing pornographic films, operating the cinema without a licence, using a projector to screen videos without a licence and using cinematic equipment without a licence.

The cinema is situated round the corner from the court house.

The previous case against Mr Baldacchino, also about the alleged screening of porn, is still pending.

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