A 37-year-old man from Birżebbuġa yesterday denied having sexual relations with an underage girl, though she is pregnant with his child.
The court heard how the 17-year-old girl told police that Etienne Galea was her boyfriend and they had been together for two years.
During his interrogation, Mr Galea did not deny that the girl was his girlfriend and neither did he deny that the child she was expecting was his.
He was charged with performing sexual acts with the girl, defiling her, taking indecent photographs of her, possessing child pornography and relapsing.
He told Magistrate Carol Peralta he was not guilty of the charges brought against him, prompting the magistrate to question whether the teenage girl was “the Immaculate Conception”.
Police inspector Joseph Busuttil said the couple were stopped by police as they were driving around the abandoned White Rocks Complex at around 5pm on Friday.
He said the defendant was known to the police as he usually gave refuge to underage girls who either ran away from home or from an orphanage.
The girl told police he was her boyfriend and they have been dating for two years. She also admitted to losing her virginity during sexual...
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