Man takes coffin home to threaten wife

A man who took a small coffin home and threatened his wife that she would end in it was this morning jailed for 10 months.

Emanuel Degiorgio, 47, of Marsascala, was found guilty of attacking his wife, threatening to kill her and using foul language.

In delivering his sentence, Magistrate Antonio Mizzi took into consideration the unhealthy relationship of the family, who lived in constant tension.

The man, who was boarded out after he was injured on duty, was a carpenter and once, when the family was sitting together for dinner, he brought out the wooden coffin and told his wife she would end in it.

Later, he said he did this as a joke but the rest of the family did not agree, especially the wife who felt threatened.