A 21-year-old man yesterday denied that he indecently assaulted a teenage girl he had just met in Paceville after he offered to give her a lift home. David Shaun Galea, from Żebbuġ, denied violently indecently assaulting Kristina Xuereb, 19, from Naxxar, slightly injuring her and relapsing.
Police Inspector Roderick Agius, prosecuting, said that the two had met in Paceville on Saturday night and exchanged telephone numbers, after which he offered her a lift home, which she accepted.
She wanted to go to Gżira but the friend the accused was with and who was the designated driver refused to take her there. The accused told him to drop them off at his house in Żebbuġ – where the incident allegedly happened – and he would take her home in his own car, the officer said.
Defence lawyer Josè Herrera said that although his client admitted trying to kiss the girl, he was vehemently denying that anything else happened.
He said the girl had sent the accused text messages apologising for making the police report, adding that she was drunk and did not know what she was doing, the lawyer added.
The prosecuting officer noted that Dr Herrera failed to say that the accused had also sent an SMS to...
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