[attach id=242599 size="medium"]Joel Caruana is planning to organise another teen party.[/attach]

Party organiser Joel Caruana, the man convicted of defiling two minors, is planning to organise another teen event.

Mr Caruana, the owner of I Love Music Events, is advertising the teen event on Facebook, but so far the date and venue have not been announced.

“We are still waiting for permissions to be signed... Due to elections coming up, the process will be slower than ever before. We promised to be back and we will be back,” Mr Caruana wrote on Facebook.

Last month, Mr Caruana was handed a suspended two-year jail term after he admitted defiling a 14-year-old, participating in sexual activities with her and offending public morals. A photo of him cupping her breast was produced in court.

He had already been sentenced to a 10-month prison term, suspended for two years, in November 2010 for engaging in sexual acts with a 13-year-old girl.

Mr Caruana posted on Facebook that about 1,000 youngsters confirmed they would attend an I Love Music teen event.

“In the meantime, I would like to personally make it clear that hate hurts the hater more than the hated,” wrote Mr Caruana who recently launched the new company Joel C Sound and Lighting Systems, which powered the mass meetings of the independent election candidate Nazzareno Bonnici (L-Ajkla), among other events.

The Children’s Commissioner said her office was aware of the promotion of another I Love Music Events teen party, describing it as unacceptable.

“The office has already informed the respective authorities of its concerns particularly in the light of recent criminal charges concerning the defilement of a minor… The office does not believe that anyone found guilty of such offences should be granted a licence/permission to hold activities where minors are present,” a spokesman for the commissioner said.

We promised to be back and we will be back…

The Malta Tourism Authority said licensing for such party permits fell within the remit of the police. However, the Police Commissioner could delegatethe authority to issue the licence/permit at his discretion, a spokesman said.

A spokesman for the police said that if the party was going to be held in an existing place of entertainment, a Malta Tourism Authority permit was required to allow minors to enter the venue. No alcohol could be sold.

If the party was organised in an area not designated as a place of entertainment, such as the Floriana Granaries, a police permit was required.

In such cases police looked into the criminal record of the organisers. Police had not issued any such permits until a few weeks ago.

The spokesman said if police carried out a search in any venue and found minors in an unauthorised place, the organiser was liable to a fine of €232 per minor.

The issue of teen parties was flagged up by The Times two years ago after photos uploaded to Facebook showed unsavoury interaction between men in their 20s and girls as young as 12.

Several attempts were made to contact Mr Caruana over the phone and questions were sent through his personal Facebook page. No replies were received.