Michael Bartolo, 25, of Naxxar, this morning pleaded not guilty to having assaulted and slightly injured a policeman in an incident yesterday in St George’s Street, Paceville. He is alleged to have assaulted the policeman with a bottle at 3.30 a.m.

He also denied disobeying police orders.

Mr Bartolo was granted bail against a personal guarantee of €1,000.

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