153 domestic violence reports in six months

The police received 153 reports of domestic violence in the first half of this year, including nine in Gozo, Home Affairs Minister Tonio Borg told Parliament yesterday. Replying to a series of questions, he said the police also handled 16 reports of...

The police received 153 reports of domestic violence in the first half of this year, including nine in Gozo, Home Affairs Minister Tonio Borg told Parliament yesterday.

Replying to a series of questions, he said the police also handled 16 reports of sexual abuse on persons under 18 years of age and 10 cases of serious offences against elderly persons.

During the same period the police investigated 2,357 traffic accidents in Malta and 85 in Gozo.

Court proceedings were started by the police against 15 persons for littering. That included seven in Gozo. The questions were put by Labour MP Noel Farrugia.

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