A 67-year-old janitor at Mcast in Paola was this morning granted bail against a personal guarantee of €5,000 after he pleaded not guilty to sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl.

The man, who is from Paola, allegedly groped the girl at the school on Monday morning.

He is also charged with sexually assaulting the girl, violent indecent assault, offending public morals and relapsing.

Lawyer Franco Debono appeared for the accused.

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