A 36-year-old man from Mgarr (Malta) this morning pleaded not guilty to defiling a 12-year-old girl as she came out of school.

He also denied offending public morals.

Police Inspector Jessica Grima told the court that the man had harassed the same girl on a bus the week before.

Yesterday he went outside her school in Mosta and harassed her again.

The man was remanded in custody at Mt Carmel Hospital.

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