A 30-year-old Algerian man was remanded in custody today after being accused of defiling a woman who is almost half his age.

The man was accused of defiling the woman, who has just turned 18, forcing her to participate in sexual acts and committing the crime during the operative period of a suspended jail term.

The man had been in a relationship with the alleged victim for the past three years.

He was remanded in custody after the court established that he was in Malta illegally.

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