Two diving instructors were yesterday granted bail when they were charged over their involvement in a fight after one of them groped a woman’s breast following Tuesday’s Isle of MTV concert.
Marko Knezevic, 33, from Serbia, and Jordan James Morley, 21, from Liverpool, were charged with injuring two Spanish men who intervened after their friend, Spanish national Maria Gonzalez, was groped.
Mr Knezevic alone was charged with violent indecent assault on Ms Gonzalez and with injuring one of her friends. He was further charged with offending public morals with indecent acts in public.
Prosecuting officer Jeanne Farrugia explained that the fight broke out after Ms Gonzalez had her breast groped by a man walking in the opposite direction. Her friends intervened and a fight ensued.
One of the Spaniards was hospitalised and was due to undergo surgery, she said. The men pleaded not guilty to the charges brought against them.
Magistrate Natasha Galea Sciberras granted them bail against a €300 deposit and a €10,000 personal guarantee.
Lawyers Arthur Azzopardi and Ronald Aquilina prosecuted.