A 16-year-old boy injured a police sergeant yesterday after he turned violent as he was being escorted out of a courtroom where he was accused of injuring three people during a fight at City Gate on Friday night.

The Floriana teenager was charged together with Jason Dingli, 18 of Qormi.

They both pleaded not guilty to seriously injuring two men and slightly injuring a third.

They were also accused of taking part in a group of more than 10 with the intent of committing a crime. The minor was also accused of relapsing.

One of the victims suffered a fractured skull and a fractured nose in an argument that broke out on Friday night at City Gate, Police Inspector Pierre Micallef Grimaud told Magistrate Gabriella Vella.

The group the two young accused belong to regularly taunted people at City Gate and had been previously warned by the police to stop acting in that manner.

Defence lawyer Veronique Dalli said her clients were not actually involved in the fight but were trying to break it up.

The court remanded both of the accused in custody.

As the two were being escorted out of the courtroom, the minor turned violent and it took three policemen to restrain him, one of the officers sustaining injuries.