Two men were yesterday charged with harassing their girlfriends in separate incidents that took place in the same town and just half an hour of each other.

Alex Borg, 33, of Rabat, denied holding his girlfriend against her will in an apartment in St Paul’s Bay on Thursday, damaging a car and slightly injuring another man. He also denied harassing her and breaching the peace at 8 p.m.

Magistrate Consuelo Scerri Herrera granted him bail against a deposit of €2,000. In the second arraignment, Brian Spiteri, 41, of Ħamrun, pleaded not guilty to harassing his girlfriend at 7.30 p.m. on the same day in another apartment in St Paul’s Bay. He also denied threatening her and illegally carrying a firearm.

Magistrate Scerri Herrera denied bail.

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