Suspended jail term for death threat
A 25-year-old man from Qormi was this morning given a nine-month jail term suspended for two years after pleading guilty of threatening to shoot a man.
Etienne Pace admitted he had threatened to shoot Jason Zammit in the head following an argument in Michael's Bar at around 9 p.m. on Sunday.
As soon as Mr Pace left the bar, Mr Zammit went to the Qormi police station to lodge a report telling the police that Mr Pace had gone to get his gun. The police went to the bar where they found Mr Pace with a semi-automatic shotgun.
Magistrate Consuelo Scerri Herrera warned Mr Pace that he now had Damocles' sword over his head and would go to prison if he committed another crime.
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James Green
Mar 10th 2009, 20:31
@ J Oatmon
I seriously doubt automatic shotguns exist. Sorry for being pedantic but technically it has been reported correctly as a SEMI automatic shotgun. Quite a difference.
As to carrying a gun into a bar, I hope the Police were this time adequetly equipped to deal with an armed conflict. So in this case hopefully the answer is YES.
Paul Barrett
Mar 10th 2009, 12:18
Was the gun confiscated and ordered to be scrapped under Police supervision?
J Oatmon
Mar 10th 2009, 12:03
I assume that since this guy was found guilty of a crime his permit to own and/or carry his automatic shotgun was automatically revoked?
Is it permitted to carry a gun into a bar, or is it illegal?