A 36-year-old man from Mġarr has been placed on a treatment order and probation for three years for harassing a 12-year-old girl.
The man, who is not being named because he suffers mental health problems, made inappropriate advances on a girl as she came out of school in Mosta on April 8. He had also done something similar to her on a bus a week before the incident.
The man admitted to the charges of defiling the girl, offending public morals, harassing her and breaching the peace.
Magistrate Audrey Demicoli took into consideration that no physical contact took place and the fact that he has psychiatric issues. She said it would be in the best interest of society for him to receive the proper treatment to stop this from happening again.