A Tarxien youth has been accused with slightly injuring another man with a pocketknife as well as threatening others following a romantic dispute.

The youth, 23-year-old Tyler Camilleri, reportedly began messaging a woman who was already in a relationship with another man. The boyfriend contacted Camilleri, asking him to stop messaging his girlfriend, TVM reported.

Camilleri demanded that the boyfriend send him €10,000 to stop the messaging, to which the boyfriend said, “It’s not like I have a Kim Kardashian”, a courtroom heard today.

A few days later, the two men met in the Raħal Ġdid pjazza, in front of a każin, where someone said “ara ġie l-purċinell’ (“here comes the clown”) towards Camilleri.

An argument immediately rose, and Camilleri allegedly pulled out his pocketknife.

Camilleri admitted to the charges against him, with the court announcing a protection order for the victims as well as for Camilleri to be placed under supervision.

He was granted bail against a €500 deposit and a personal guarantee of €2,000, and he must sign a bail book at the Żabbar police station weekly.

Lawyers Franco Debono and Marion Camilleri appeared for the accused.