Schembri appeals life sentence for murder

C. Farrugia

Jan 29th 2009, 12:13

It appears that Mr Schembri is far and totally removed from the gravity of what he has done (besides previous felonies). It is all about HIM....and the "I'm still alive" bla bla bla. Hence, when, or is there, ever a right time that he can be trusted to be out in society? Would he ever feel any remorse and look into his own daughter's eyes and beg true forgiveness for taking her mother's life with total disregard that the child herself was present, and for the terror he caused her? Maybe spending LIFE locked up, day after day, might at some point spark in him some feelings of reality. Mr Schembri said he was stunned at peoples reactions: The fact is they are, without doubt, as equally, and even more so, stunned at yours.

Mark-Anthony Fenech

Jan 29th 2009, 09:23

"Many that live deserve death. Some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death and judgment. For even the very wise cannot see all ends.."
-An excerpt from JRR Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring - Gandalf to Frodo

Marianna Galea Xuereb

Jan 28th 2009, 22:55

Who exactly is paying for this "appeal"?

Schembri has physically murdered the mother of his child with his own hands but what about the other lives that were ruined – directly or indirectly – through his involvement in the narcotics trade?

Shaun Camilleri

Jan 28th 2009, 20:38

He wants to appeal! Can the woman he stabbed appeal too?

S.Calleja

Jan 28th 2009, 18:46

I thought that the fact that "he is still alive" was enough consolation for him, or at least that's the impression we all got...

L. Dimech

Jan 28th 2009, 15:06

Well said Paul Barrett. Let him find out what it now means when he smirked in court that he's still alive. God forbid we had capital punishment in Malta - that would have been letting him off the hook too easy. Let him rot in a cell. And YES he should get Hard Labour added to TWO life sentences.

E.Vella

Jan 28th 2009, 14:19

Will he see the face of God this guy....better late than never to understand what you did...now pay...this is not lack of forgiveness...for forgiveness is grant to you but this does not mean you must not suffer the harsh consequences of your actions...and here I am not mentioning Capital Punishment for I am against it.

Peter Montanaro

Jan 27th 2009, 20:39

Open letter to Mr.Schembri,Why complain about your sentence?You took a life,you pay with your life.You are still living,that poor woman is not.Your family can stillsee you .That poor woman`s family cannot.

Nigel Lawrence

Jan 27th 2009, 20:35

May the Gods forbid that he even get 20 minutes knocked off his sentence.

Jos Vella

Jan 27th 2009, 20:12

Bware!!

Chris Mifsud

Jan 27th 2009, 18:08

He should be lucky that there is no death penalty in Malta . Because that is exactly what he deserves .

L Debono

Jan 27th 2009, 15:58

Beside the punishment handed to this individual, the law has the obligation to identify any any dangers of those arround the accused and make sure that he will NOT reoffend.

Is he fit to be in society again?

Can we see that far in the future when he is appealing to be free again?

Gianni Xuereb

Jan 27th 2009, 14:55

qas jisthi!

to life sentence I would have added "no access to drugs in jail."

Paul Barrett

Jan 27th 2009, 14:09

I agree with this appeal - the sentence was too light so perhaps now they can adjust it to:
Two life sentences with hard labour (ideally something really useful that will help pay for his upkeep over the next 50 odd years or so).

Herbert Guillaumier

Jan 27th 2009, 13:51

Yes! It is an incorrect sentence. He shouldn't have been given a life sentence, but a LIFE sentence IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT.