Man accused of theft after luring tourist with sexual encounter Jessica Arena A 26-year-old man has been charged with aggravated theft after luring a tourist away from a bar and into a field in Qawra. Aaron Alovia, who is from Nigeria and lives in St Paul’s Bay was arraigned in front of Magistrate Claire Stafrace Zammit on Monday accused of having stolen a mobile phone and a wallet from a British man that he met in a bar in Qawra. The alleged victim, a man from the UK currently on holiday in Malta, testified that he was having a drink at a bar not far from the hotel he is staying at when he met the accused. Alovia, he said, had introduced himself as being out with friends and struck up a conversation with him. Shortly after, Alovia told him that he was gay and that his friends didn’t know, the Englishman said, asking him to move away from the bar to have a conversation in private. After moving to the steps of a closed bar, Alovia expressed discomfort at still being too close to his friends and asked him to go back with him to his apartment, he said. The victim refused but agreed to walk further away with the accused to an empty lot that was overgrown with foliage in the...