Accused of falsely reporting motorcycle stolen

A father and son today pleaded not guilty to attempting to commit insurance fraud when they allegedly filed a false police report claiming that a motorcycle had been stolen. Paul Vella, 54, from Mosta, and his son Alex, 27, from Qormi, pleaded not...

A father and son today pleaded not guilty to attempting to commit insurance fraud when they allegedly filed a false police report claiming that a motorcycle had been stolen.

Paul Vella, 54, from Mosta, and his son Alex, 27, from Qormi, pleaded not guilty to tampering with the motorcycle’s chassis and engine numbers. Paul Vella alone was charged with attempting to defraud Citadel Insurance of more than €2329.37 (Lm1,000) on August 3, 2007.

He was also accused of filing a false police report at the Qawra police station on July 29, 2007 and of relapsing.

Alex Vella alone was further accused of committing a crime during the operative period of a suspended sentence as well as to committing a crime when he had been conditionally discharged for three years.

Before Magistrate Saviour Demicoli, the two men pleaded not guilty to the charges brought against them.

Lawyer Franco Debono appeared for Paul Vella while lawyer Leslie Cuschieri appeared for Alex Vella.

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