Guilty plea to injury charge

A Somali man was yesterday given a one-year jail term suspended for a year for seriously injuring a soldier. Mohammed Jama, 34, pleaded guilty to threatening and injuring lance bombardier David Said at the Safi barracks on February 26 at about 6...

A Somali man was yesterday given a one-year jail term suspended for a year for seriously injuring a soldier.

Mohammed Jama, 34, pleaded guilty to threatening and injuring lance bombardier David Said at the Safi barracks on February 26 at about 6 p.m.

He was also charged with breaching the conditions of a previous release.

Jama said he had applied for refugee status.

Police Inspectors Neville Xuereb and Jason Agius prosecuted.

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