Wednesday, 3rd December 2008 - 14:19CET

Man flushes wife's diamond necklace down a toilet

A 46-year-old man from Attard tore his wife’s diamond necklace from her neck and flushed it down a toilet, a court heard today.

Amadeo Balzan, 46, stands charged with slightly injuring his wife and stealing her €2,000 necklace.

Testifying, the wife said that during a domestic argument her husband had ripped the necklace from her neck, tore it in two pieces and flushed it down the toilet.

Police Inspector Kevin Farrugia told the court that Mr Balzan in a police statement confirmed the incident, saying he had acted in such a way because his wife had taunted him that the necklace had been given to her by a new partner. He also said in his statement that his wife had recovered the necklace from the toilet.

The incident happened last July.

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M Saliba (on 5/12/08)

@ ALL
Kindly note that the necklace was NOT in the community of acquests since it was a donation. Vide Art. 1320 (e) of the Civil Code :-)
In essence gifts received by one of the spouses during the marriage do not form part of the community.

Peter Xuereb (on 5/12/08)

@Marcel Dingli

It's reported that the guy tore it in two. At least he should have kept his half!

And if and when he was brought before the court, he could claim it was his half he threw away... ;-)

Now *that* would have made a great story! :-D

Ronald Cauchi (on 5/12/08)

.... Far more interesting than what Laurence said to Joseph in reply to Austin who was commenting about Toni who had just lambasted Paul etc etc and so on.

Lino Debono (on 5/12/08)

Pity the necklace was recovered as that would have meant extra busniess for a jeweller

James Muscat (on 5/12/08)

@ray gatt: haha maybe not news value but certainly very amusing...

A. Sultana (on 5/12/08)

@ Ray Gatt

Thanks goodness we get such news once in a while. Bizarre stories like these are what add some colour to the everyday Red Green and Blue news.

Marcel Dingli (on 4/12/08)

It is not his wife`s necklace he flushed down the toilet, it was his too. Community of acquests, whether given by her boyfriend or not, it is still half his. I agree with E Grima though. Too much political rubbish is making everyone sick and tired.

E Grima (on 4/12/08)

Of course this is news Mr Gatt. But of course, you'd rather see a boring political statement issued by the PN or PL. (Why don't these two entities amalgamate and be done with it and call themselves PNL or PLN. It will save Malta a lot of needless heartache. Now there's a news item!)

It's not everyday that a husband tears his wife's necklace and throws it in the toilet. There's a lot to follow. The story has to be flushed out (sorry). It's a tale of Shakespearean proportions.

Let's have more of these news stories of what happens everyday in the life of the ordinary persons rather than the dull 'news bites' emanating the HQs of the PN/PL.

Remember the old adage: a dog bites man is no news, but a man bites dog is.

Tanja Cilia (on 4/12/08)

Silly man. Sillier woman. Diamond necklace - dog collar.... what's the difference?

Daniel Russell (on 4/12/08)

Well said Ray!! What a waste of a good necklace though, hope someone at the treatment works has a good find!

D Vella (on 4/12/08)

@ray Gatt

This incident has as much news value as the opening of a bakery...yawn... back to bed

Susanne Grech (on 4/12/08)

@ Ray Gatt

I definately agree with you!

Eric Gahn (on 4/12/08)

@ Ray Gatt: I doubt it has news value but undoubtedly much sentimental, financial and unhygenic values.

Ray Gatt (on 4/12/08)

And this incident has news value???

Man flushes wife's diamond necklace down a toilet

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