Syrian Ahmed Ali Kasab was remanded in custody after facing eight charges including harassment and instilling fear in a 12-year-old girl.

Police inspector Saviour Baldacchino told the court how the 43-year-old born in Aleppo, Syria was arrested at Msida. The girl was walking her dog when the accused chased her and started following her. The girl rushed home and informed her parents who filed a police report.

The Syrian asylum seeker has no fixed residence and was known to find refuge in an abandoned showroom in Msida. He also spent time at Mt Carmel Hospital.

Sitting in the dock wearing shorts and undone sandals Kasab heard the charges read out to him.

He was charged with harassment, resisting arrest and assaulting police officers, living as a vagabond and refusing to look for work when he had no means to sustain himself.
Magistrate Natasha Galea Scibberras remanded the accused in custody at the Forensic Ward. She instructed the accused is to receive any medication he needs.

Dr Marc Anthony Mifsud Cutajar appeared as legal aid for he accused.