Briton admits hitting hotel's security officer

l fenech

May 27th 2010, 00:19

hawn min jerfa dejh u ma ikunx fis-sakra u qiesu ma gara xejn allajberek.

anthea doughty

May 26th 2010, 20:38

Nobody, whatever their nationality in whatever country they commit such an offence should get away with a suspended sentence. The law therefore is condoning violence. If someone attacked me by punching me I would expect the law to protect me and for the perpetrator to be punished by going to prison. As I said on this site last week, there seem to be an awful lot of crimes that seem to go unpunished as such in that custodial sentences are not imposed. Presumably this means that the safety and rights of the security officer and the two poliemen do not matter? Drunk or high on drugs is not recognised as a defence in any court of law. As a fellow Brit I am ashamed of Mr Henshaw but not surprised - it is a fact that Britains are a binge drinking misbehaving lot........... ( NB I do not drink - teetotal!!!)

L.Spiteri@

May 26th 2010, 20:06

This hooligan cause thats what most are these days when abroad outside their country singing God Save the Queen yet back in their country they don't even know who the Queen is>should be taught a lesson good and proper, we know very well Manchester and Saltford are one of the worst cities to live in, i know every other week someone is either knived or shot, i spent one week couldn't wait to get back to Malta, and now what do i read, this chap from Manchester repeating what most do in his country, not hey always have to use violence,they can do it in theirs but not here, Malta is for repectable and law abiding citizens, why let a foreigner spoil a habit of a life time for us. Its a free country and i am free to express my opinion. Viva Malta L.Spiteri (Maltese)

D.Dalli

May 26th 2010, 16:33

Dear Friends

I know not this person. However you cannot dish out sentences on the pretext that Maltese arm of the law has no jurisdiction in the UK. I don't know if a record of the sentence will be available in the UK should he perform anything illegal there. However you cannot just send this mail to prison on the basis that he is a foreigner. The law is there for all and not according to nationality. While I do sympatise with what you mean, you have got to understand that if a Maltese person with similar background and circumstances would've got that kind of suspended sentence, it would be unfair if this British person got a worse sentence on the basis of being British.

Douglas Bagnall

May 26th 2010, 16:08

He should have been bared from returning to Malta, these people do us more harm abroad
and bring nothing but shame.
D Bagnall
England.

Paul Barrett

May 26th 2010, 15:04

Being drunk is no excuse and in fact this "excuse" which is so often used to decrease a punishment should work in reverse as it is self inflicted - he should have at least been fined.

Joseph N Attard

May 26th 2010, 13:37

I consistently fail to understand these court sentences. Presumably, the Briton is a tourist . Presumably, he will return to his country in a few days time. If he has any sense, he will not return here at least within the year. So he gets away scot free. Does the suspended sentence become operative if he commits a crime within a year back home? If not, the sentence, in my opinion, is laughable.