A 30-year-old mechanic, who gives dance lessons as a hobby, was charged in court today with defiling a 13-year-old dance student and participating in sexual acts with her.
Magistrate Giovanni Grixti heard Warren Muscat, 30, from Senglea, plead not guilty to regularly defiling the teenager between May and June. He was also charged with violent indecent assault on the minor.
He was remanded in police custody until the girl testifies.
The court also ordered the confiscation and technical examination of Mr Muscat's mobile phone after police noted there was evidence of text conversations with various minors.
Police Inspectors Sylvana Briffa and Josric Mifsud prosecuted.