Notary given fifth suspended jail term
Notary Sandro Schembri Adami was today handed his fifth suspended jail term after he admitted before a court of misappropriation of €73,292 belonging to 16 people. He admitted he had collected the money from the people as duties on property transfers but did not transfer the money to the government.
In some cases the people concerned had to re-pay the taxes in order to have their property deals concluded.
The court gave Dr Schembri Adami six months to pay the money back and imposed a two year jail term suspended for four years after noting that he had a clean criminal record when the case was taken to court.
Dr Schembri Adami was also given a general perpetual interdiction. He had also been interdicted following the other cases.
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ray sacco
Mar 13th 2010, 16:22
lets not divert this issue to a political disruption! the real problem here is our flawed justice system which has become a joke! there are some individuals on this island who are equal more than other citizens. in a few days, zeppi l hafi was acquitted from a clear case of fraud and now this!!!!! the legal wizards do not care what we, the average citizen, think about them! their income depends on the inefficiency of our justice system. so let the offenders run free. in that way, there will be more offences, meaning more cases............. and the ball keeps rolling!
Criss Camilleri
Mar 13th 2010, 11:41
Mr. Schembri must be living on another Planet. 'Was he kicked out of the PL?' He asked.
As somebody else said he started as a PN Candidate.
M.Pule
Mar 13th 2010, 11:39
Dr Schembri Adami was not only a PL candidate - he was an MP also!! It seems that no one knows why he severed his contacts with the PN but, found the PL very accomodating. As usual, the PL is the heaven for people who were refused in other quarters. I remember another person, maybe a Marisa........
M.G.Farrugia
Mar 13th 2010, 10:47
Sakemm xi ħadd jispjega għaliex inghata daqshekk sentenzi sospizi dan il-professjonista din is-sentenza tibqa imnizla fl-istorja tal-qrati maltin bhala wahda tal-misthija.
Gerard Cassar
Mar 13th 2010, 10:09
J.Schembri. General interdiction:you know what it means?
This Notary has made his begining in politics as a P.N candidate. of importance
malcolm seychell
Mar 13th 2010, 09:56
What a big joke!!!
anthea doughty
Mar 12th 2010, 23:04
I'll try again - he should be barred from ever practicing as a notary again and I think it should be questioned why this has not happened.... disgraceful abuse of his position of trust.
David Buttigieg
Mar 13th 2010, 12:11
He was, the interdiction takes care of that!
Andrew Cutajar
Mar 12th 2010, 20:46
1. How can a judge hand out a fifth suspended sentence to someone with a clean criminal conduct ... the previous four sentences were not criminal??? I thought the idea was to have the suspended sentence commuted to hard time in the case of relapsing - what a joke
2. Who goes to a notary with four suspended sentences? the job rides on impeccable credentials - you are paying for trust. Also, were the previous suspended sentences similar? - why was he allowed to practice ?
3. Thank god the guy is finally not being allowed to practice - hope he will not be teaching at university or something similar in the near future ...
J. Schembri
Mar 12th 2010, 20:18
Is this notary still a PL candidate? Was he kicked out of the PL?
D Mifsud
Mar 13th 2010, 08:34
If I remember well, he was previously a PN candidate
r pace bonello
Mar 12th 2010, 19:25
Our courts never fail to surprise. Is it not high time that immediate action be given to raising the credibility of our judiciary? Is anybody listening?
Michael Vella
Mar 12th 2010, 18:34
@ C. Falzon
Apparently suspended sentences are handed out in eternum in Malta as in this case, so no real need to worry about actually ever going to jail. Unless, that is, you get caught with a joint...then you are in serious trouble :) Only in Malta......
C Falzon
Mar 12th 2010, 18:03
If I understand correctly he would go to jail if he committed another crime after he had already been given a suspended sentence. It seems that all the different crimes for which he has been found guilty were committed before the first suspended sentence was handed down.
I wonder what happens if it turns out that he committed another crime after the first sentence was handed down. Would he have to serve all five jail terms plus the sixth one as well or just one of them? In other words do they add up?
c. camilleri
Mar 12th 2010, 17:16
And I am told that suspended jail sentence is only given once. The mind boggles ;
victor pulis
Mar 12th 2010, 17:01
Dr Schembri Adami was also given a general perpetual interdiction. He had also been interdicted following the other cases.
Can someone please explain this sentence?
Peter Bonnici
Mar 12th 2010, 19:10
its like being banned from driving for life....twice.
r pace bonello
Mar 12th 2010, 17:01
Can anybody please explain how suspended sentences work. How can a person be given FIVE suspended sentences?
Joe Fenech
Mar 12th 2010, 22:41
Yes, ages ago.
Neville Cassar
Mar 12th 2010, 16:55
Putting the notarial profession to shame.... wow.... this is really going over the top.
Who to trust nowadays? Should we all turn paranoid on each other? You cant even trust professionals... who are getting PAID from the said customer... Wow....