Man accused of threatening to kill fiancée

A man who is due to get married in a fortnight this morning denied charges in court that he had threatened to kill his wife-to-be.

Thomas Azzopardi, 23, is alleged to have threatened to shoot his fiancée after a family argument involving her parents. He also allegedly also injured her father.

He pleaded not guilty and was granted bail against a personal guarantee of €3,000 and ordered not to speak to his fiancée or her parents.

NIGERIAN JAILED

In a separate case, another man, Thomas Solomons, 25,who is Nigerian, was jailed for six months after he admitted trying to leave the island for Spain using a passport and a Spanish residence permit which were not his.

Mr Solomons, on hearing that he was to be jailed for six months, burst into tears and pleaded with the magistrate not to jail him since he has a severely injured leg. He instead asked the magistrate to place him at the detention camp at Lyster barracks.

Magistrate Antonio Micallef Trigona told the man that for his own good, he was going to place him in prison so that, at least, he would be able to receive the medical attention he needed.