169 cases of domestic violence reported in just four months
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A total of 169 cases of domestic violence were reported to the police in the first four months of this year.
Home Affairs Minister Carm Mifsud Bonnici said in parliament this evening that 10 of the cases were in Gozo.
Dr Mifsud Bonnici said that during the same four months, the police received 58 reports of criminal violence on children, including one case in Gozo.
There were also 65 reports of violence against elderly persons. Two were in Gozo.
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A. Grech
May 27th 2010, 08:51
This is just shameful. how many of these cases ended up in court and what was the outcome? I am convinced that if i had to get across some similar episode, and end up in a scuffle with the beater i would be convicted and he would walk out of the courts free... after all it's not self defence.
Jasson Attard
May 27th 2010, 07:31
I wonder if the Bishops will declare whether these offenders can receive the holly communion according to the Church. I have never seen a statement as such.
Luca Pellegrino
May 27th 2010, 09:19
Maybe the Bishop will say nothing about the holy communion because they are married.
Joe Cassar
May 26th 2010, 22:43
How many of the cases involved the throwing of domestic objects, like plates for example?
Anthea Agius
May 26th 2010, 21:09
Is there violence against children that is not criminal?
Joseph Brincat
May 26th 2010, 20:36
It's not the number that counts, but how many are correctly followed by the police authorities and the courts. I know of one that has been unbelievably disregarded completely.
Married life is not always a bed of roses.
Joey Grech
May 26th 2010, 23:49
And I personally know of a case where a very serious complaint made by a person against another was reported to the Police about a year ago but still needs to be heard in court despite the fact that the Tahrika was issued about seven long months ago!
For, following a Bomb Warning at the Law Courts last April, all the cases scheduled to be heard on a particular day were summarily postponed to another date .....in November!
How's that for Court Reform?