Man fined for threatening MP

A 40-year-old company director this morning pleaded guilty to threatening Labour MP Marie Louise Coleiro Preca through an SMS . George Grech sent an SMS to Mrs Coleiro Preca warning her that if she asked another parliamentary question about his block...

A 40-year-old company director this morning pleaded guilty to threatening Labour MP Marie Louise Coleiro Preca through an SMS .

George Grech sent an SMS to Mrs Coleiro Preca warning her that if she asked another parliamentary question about his block of flats near l-Armerija in Qormi, he would explode her.

The court heard how Mr Grech was afraid that nobody would buy his flats because of Ms Coleiro Preca's parliamentary interventions and that he had all the necessary permits to built them.

Magistrate Miriam Hayman fined Mr Grech €350 and ordered him not to approach or speak to Mrs Coleiro Preca for the next two years.

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