A 27-year-old man was charged with circulating pornographic DVDs featuring an underage Maltese girl.
Sacha Spiteri, of Fgura, is facing charges of making copies and circulating a DVD labelled Malta Four-Star in November 2006 that allegedly contained pornographic footage and featured the minor.
He was also charged with breaching copyright laws when he made copies of the film. Mr Spiteri, who is also charged with relapsing, claims he was not aware of the content of the DVD and is pleading not guilty.
Police Inspector Raymond Aquilina prosecuted.
Lawyers Vince Micallef and Andy Ellul represented Mr Spiteri.