Man 62, accused of sexually harassing woman, 60
A 62-year-old man who allegedly pulled his shorts down in front of a 60-year-old woman, has pleaded not guilty to offending public morals and harassing the woman.
The man was taken to court this morning, after the incident which allegedly happened yesterday. The man was on the roof of his house. The woman is a neighbour.
The court imposed a ban on the name of the accused and on the details of the case.
The man was granted bail against a personal guarantee of €1,000. He was ordered not to go on the roof and not to approach the alleged victim.
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Rita Debono
Jun 4th 2010, 12:42
Perhaps it was the neighbour who was harassing the man! Who are we to judge? I've heard of such stories before and I'm amazed at the way people are ready to point a finger without having been supplied with all the details. Do we know what prompted the man to do such a thing? It's also true that two wrongs don't make a right but I think many of the comments in these columns are written by people who are always ready to see the speck in other people's eyes and fail to see the beam in their own!! So please, do stop and think before playing the judges!
Luke Spiteri
Jun 4th 2010, 08:56
He can't go on his own roof????????????? This is ridiculous!!! & FUNNY if you think about it. So I cant stay sunbathing on my own roof??
Joe Degiorgio
Jun 4th 2010, 12:44
Sunbathing is the least of his problems. He can't even fix his TV antenna or satellite dish, or check the water tank. This sentence is ridiculous.
Only in Malta
Lydia Pace Workman
Jun 3rd 2010, 21:25
Why are so many of us minimizing the situation? Independently of who or where or in front of whom, exposing oneself is a perverted infringement on society and needs to be punished. I remember, as a child, it was common for perverts to expose themselves in public places, the Upper Barrakka. most predominantly comes to mind. I remember my mother chasing a man and hitting him with her handbag for having exposed himself to me when I was merely seven years old. If someone were to have done that to my child or to me in the US where we reside and was a repeat offender, he would have undoubtedly warranted a prison term. Come on folks perversion needs to be given the importance it deserves.
Joe Fenech
Jun 4th 2010, 01:22
I fully agree with you. But what makes people mock is the way things are reported and the ridiculous sentences handed by judges (in this case, he can't go on his own roof!).
Joe Borg
Jun 3rd 2010, 17:11
You defraud the goverment Millions of euros in VAT and get away with a lesser fine!
Interesting, very interesting!
Joe Fenech
Jun 3rd 2010, 13:17
So he can't go on his own roof?????? Why didn't he ask the lady to put up a separation to give her privacy?
Sean Grima
Jun 3rd 2010, 12:17
Not usual for a pensioner to receive an indecent proposal, it's a quite a compliment!
J.Borg
Jun 3rd 2010, 11:24
I think he must be short of money, as no underpants are mentioned here. Just that he dropped his shorts down. Maybe he forgot to wear a belt and as he was hanging the clothes, it fell down.
I think the lady wasn't amazed with what she saw....hehehe
marthese musett
Jun 3rd 2010, 23:20
Good one eh !!
Bernard Gauchi (down Under)
Jun 3rd 2010, 00:36
This is unbelievable only in Malta, a man drops his pants and flops his private bit infront of another pensioner and is bound for 1000€, Yet a while bank an English bloke punches a security officer doing his job, and the English man is let off with a small fine and a 3 months suspended sentence......... As i say only in Malta
Barrie.S.Borg
Jun 3rd 2010, 20:22
Yes mate religion and sex plays a big part in Malta still, however punching a man doing his job, or even cause a mayhem like some pommies and Maltese i may add, just get away with it scot free, but if some happy go lucky fellow decides to do a streak he gets bound for ex amount of dollars what a laugh, glad i don;t live in that old fashioned country, maybe some of my brothers should come over to OZ they'll make a fortune in fines, expecially down Bondi Beach, bare breasted women enough to write a book as long as your arm and now and then some old jocker streaking for a laugh on the cricket field.
fred cauchi
Jun 4th 2010, 03:05
there was troubled past between these 2 people.we must know the two sides of the story to pass any comments. Two naughty people that should bury the hatchet.
Joseph Schembri
Jun 2nd 2010, 23:10
What this man allegedly did is illegal. But what about the hundreds of women who break Maltese laws on Maltese beaches? This is grossly unfair - a man struts his stuff on his roof in front of one elderly woman and he is arrested while hundreds of women break Maltese law and strut their stuff in front of my 10 year old child and everything is fine with the law. HYPOCRITES!
D.Azzopardi
Jun 3rd 2010, 08:51
Is this comment serious? Or are you just being sarcastic?
You think your 10 year old child doesn't know what a women's body looks like? And as far as I know the furthest it goes is topless bathing, and even that is rare!! Maltese ladies, back to full swimsuits, preferably with shorts as well..
"a man struts his stuff on his roof in front of one elderly woman" so that's ok?!
Yes she was brave to take him to court. Because what this man did on his roof to his neighbor, who I assume he knows, can do as well to strangers.
K. Vella
Jun 3rd 2010, 13:35
You think a 60-year-old woman doesn't know what a man's body looks like?
Joseph Schembri
Jun 3rd 2010, 17:11
Personally I find no problem with either a man or a woman exposing themselves to me or to any 'normal' human of whatever age. What I can't stomach is the fact that this man allegedly exposed himself in his own property and a woman chose to look and report him upon which the police and courts took action. Meanwhile women who expose themselves illegally on our beaches are ignored by the police and courts. I don't care if top less bathing harms no one. If it is illegal it should be prosecuted with the same force as this man was prosecuted. Otherwise change the law to make it legal.
This man, whoever he is, should not be going through this.
Mario Caruana
Jun 2nd 2010, 20:46
I can't find the funny side in this. A pervert is a pervert whatever his age. What if he exposed himself in front of an 18 yr old? Would have been called a dirty old man. And if the girl were 13?
D.Azzopardi
Jun 3rd 2010, 08:53
I agree 100% , well said.
Vincent Scerri
Jun 2nd 2010, 20:17
I take it, he wasn't wearing any underpants!
George Xerri
Jun 2nd 2010, 20:14
Don't want to sound rude or anything but who said Matese men have passed their sale-by date after they reach 61 pension age? Must be our Maltese climate abd our healthy mediterranean diet surely.
J. Spiteri
Jun 2nd 2010, 18:36
Its that energy drink advert on TV ! He got more than a pair of wings !
Gervais
Jun 2nd 2010, 17:04
I don't know and don't want to know who these two fellows are... But couldn't both realisze they are making themseves the laughing stock of the village! If life starts at 40 this man is 22 and the woman is 20 years old! Both have the consenting age! To all those who are poking fun at this story of old people... just remember every day counts for every one of us, provided we are lucky to reach 62 or 60 with all the contemporaneous ailments that deprive citizens of their lifelong earned pension!
joe attard
Jun 2nd 2010, 16:49
"alleged victim" ?? victim of what !!
louis ebejer
Jun 2nd 2010, 16:42
Kemm kien gholi ic-cint ta l-apramorta li jifred il-bjut? Jekk kien gholi ghandu johrog illiberat jekk kien baxx heq....haga ohra lol
M Mercieca
Jun 2nd 2010, 16:39
Min irid ikun jaf min hu ghada filghodu jmur quddiem crosscraft... suppost ghandu jkun hemm, jixtri thumble dryer ghal hwejjeg haha
Joe Fenech
Jun 2nd 2010, 16:36
Allegedly, this poor man has had his trousers falling off. That caused him enough embarrassment!
David Scerri
Jun 2nd 2010, 16:20
was he only hanging somthing out to dry...... or was he giving something an airing
l. Pace Bonello
Jun 2nd 2010, 16:12
If not a electician might he be........a fiddler on the roof!!!!
Alfred Vassallo
Jun 2nd 2010, 15:50
If his shorts went down, his Macho certainly did'nt, although look where it landed him, should make sure in the future that his 'feelings' are mutual from the opposite side.
victor rodenas
Jun 2nd 2010, 15:47
Now,generally speaking(except for a few dojoq ,or those who pretend to be dojoq,)if it was a woman who pulled her shorts down,would the man have reported her.Please I would like only men to answer this because woman would say, ..`oh woman do not do such things`......,,,,remember it was Eve that got us into such trouble...ha,ha,ha....Many wars were fought because of a woman.......insomma.....Take this with a bit of sarcasam,do not get too serious.We already have a few polemics going on,just smile............
Charles Grixti
Jun 3rd 2010, 03:26
Wars are started because of women? As far as I can tell, all throughout history wars have been started by megalomaniac males and by religions, of which women and children are actually the first victims to suffer.
What a backward, macho cave men mentality. You have just proven exactly what I mean.
Aaron Cole
Jun 3rd 2010, 20:04
ONe of the most famous wars in human history was Troy and if you know your history the war started because helen decided to leave her husband and run away with one of the princes of troy. so stop being aknow it all and take life with a smile mr.rodenos was only makin a funny remark about the incident.
Charles Grixti
Jun 4th 2010, 04:05
@Aaron Cole
I agree he was making fun of the incident but also he was perpetuating a negatiave stereotype of women, namely that they are responsible for all the woes of the World.
So Helen of Troy ran off with someone else - I am sure that her husband had plenty of other women to chose from - but he chose war because his fragile male ego was wounded. Now, had he been a woman, he would have kept the house or Palace in this case and children and said 'good riddance' to bad garbage and moved on with his life.
John Seguna
Jun 2nd 2010, 15:42
It is very unfair to judge at this stage ... maybe this old gentleman wet his pants whilst on the roof and removed them so as to hang them on the line ... only to find out that his nosy neighbour was observing him :)
Ray Buttigieg
Jun 2nd 2010, 15:33
the woman was apparantly not impressed with his arsenal....poor guy where will he hang up his laundry now!!!!
Joseph Cauchi
Jun 2nd 2010, 15:14
Definitely, he cannot be considered as a paedophile!
JC.
Joseph Cauchi
Jun 2nd 2010, 15:03
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She must be still a BOMBSHELL even at 60!
JC.
Vincent Galea
Jun 2nd 2010, 14:55
Everyone is subject to temptation.
And in our society temptation abounds, It is naive to think otherwise.
Do you think our gender is crazy . Think again......... you may be crazy too.
A Zammit
Jun 2nd 2010, 14:37
Min jaf kemm kien ilu jistenna dan il-mument, lol......i can imagine him hiding after a wall, awaiting that moment...ala Fontozzi.....
J brownie
Jun 2nd 2010, 14:17
ordered not to go on the roof - kif se jnixef il-hwejjeg ;)
V Battistino
Jun 2nd 2010, 15:09
...well maybe the neighbour has offered her spin dryer....no need to go on the roof !
J.Cilia
Jun 2nd 2010, 17:04
mill ftit li qrajt ma tantx jidher li jhobb jilbes hwejjeg ghal hin twil ... jipreferi jinza :)
maquilina
Jun 2nd 2010, 14:13
@D Cardona - imma hi ma tridx ta!! LOL
Charles J. Buttigieg
Jun 2nd 2010, 14:02
He was airing his differences.
joseph galea
Jun 2nd 2010, 15:34
excellent wit
bravo
joe the plumber
Jason Azzopardi
Jun 2nd 2010, 13:38
Maybe he wanted to see if he still had what it takes, this is a funny story !!
sharon Camilleri
Jun 3rd 2010, 07:44
call Tista tkun int, maybe they will get him a tumble dryer.;p
Louis Borg
Jun 2nd 2010, 13:28
Kemm inzerta mara tajba, biex l'affari waslet sal qorti :)
J Farrugia
Jun 2nd 2010, 13:14
Maybe he didn't find anything else to do in retirement...
Darren
Jun 2nd 2010, 13:32
Yep, that's why there's that scheme to continue working after retirement :)
Mark Edward Mifsud
Jun 2nd 2010, 14:05
It seems only part of him is retiered !
L. Pace Bonello
Jun 2nd 2010, 13:05
Mabe he is an electrician!!!!.... It is they who do it without shorts
Albert Spiteri
Jun 2nd 2010, 13:54
Excellent comment Mr. Pace Bonello! I had tears rolling down my face with laughter! I'm 69 years old, never was an electrician, can hardly change a wall plug. I declare my thirdage geriatric (but still-pleasantly-lovely female neighbour) is safe from any such harassment coming from my side of the roof wall divide.
D Cardona
Jun 2nd 2010, 12:59
ghadu jrid :)
Mark Vella
Jun 2nd 2010, 12:48
Dawn it- tfal ta llum vera bla valuri saru eh! Il morali qed jintilfu fis socjeta ta llum!
Eric Gahn
Jun 2nd 2010, 13:24
Ghandek tghid hux. Fi zmieni ma konniex hekk. Kont tara xi mara b'dublett qasir u xi flokk issikat kollox iffurmat konna nharsu n-naha l-ohra. X'gharukaza fiex gejna.
A.Vella
Jun 2nd 2010, 14:07
are people over 60 considered as children to you? dawn socjeta tal-bierah kienu nahseb!!
FN Farrugia
Jun 2nd 2010, 16:12
@ A.Vella.. that's called sarcasm dude..
tony abela
Jun 2nd 2010, 12:45
Why is the ban on the names? Maybe because become children twice and thus the age over 60 is considered as Minors?
J Schembri
Jun 2nd 2010, 13:05
X jippurtak minn ismu? X kurzita ta nies!
C Galea
Jun 2nd 2010, 15:10
It's not a question of "x'kurzita".
What if this guy is giving private lessons and me and you are sending our daughters to him?
We have the right to have a sex offenders register with names written down, as they do in the USA and in the EU.