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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