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.