Lm500 for assault

A Birkirkara man was yesterday fined Lm500 for assaulting two police constables and slightly injuring one of them in Naxxar on Monday evening. Neil Carl Farrugia, 20, pleaded guilty to threatening and assaulting PC Stephen Grima and WPC Carmen Gauci...

A Birkirkara man was yesterday fined Lm500 for assaulting two police constables and slightly injuring one of them in Naxxar on Monday evening.

Neil Carl Farrugia, 20, pleaded guilty to threatening and assaulting PC Stephen Grima and WPC Carmen Gauci and injuring the latter.

He also pleaded guilty to threatening Inspector Simon Galea, disobeying police, uttering obscene words in public, breaching the peace and relapsing.

Police Inspectors Simon Galea and Dennis Theuma prosecuted.

Dr Chris Cardona appeared for Farrugia.

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