Drunk Bulgarian bites constable's arm

Peter Korsten

Jul 21st 2010, 09:47

So why does Europe (no death penalty, except in Belarus) have such lower crime figures and especially lower murder figures than the USA? Murder figures in Europe are going down; in the USA, they're stable.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate

Malta: 1 per 100,000 inhabitants
USA: 5.4 per 100,000 inhabitants

You do the maths.

w Spencer

Jul 21st 2010, 19:05

Peter Korsten

If you believe the official crime figures, you will believe anything.

Since the influx of eastern european citizens in my City, fraud, prostitution, theft, violence, drunkeness, assaults, sexual harrassment, driving offences, etc, etc, have rocketed, but the official media and official crime figures state that crime has gone down.

Some large supermarkets who catch eastern european thieves, are told not to bother reporting the offences, just give them a notice ( in English ) to sign, and then told they are banned from all that company's supermarkets.

Next day, they are back again !!!

Peter Korsten

Jul 20th 2010, 08:59

Yeah, let's have the death penalty for biting a police officer! That will teach them!

Honestly, you cannot compare the US to Europe. The US has the most incarcerated persons per capita, yet I would hazard a guess that the worst of the worst spots in Malta are a lot safer than some of the less reputable areas of LA, where I wouldn't go unless armed with an assault rifle and driving an APC.

So you're spending all that money on prisons; money that could have been spent on, oh, healthcare or education, and yet your crime figures are much higher. Especially murder rates, which are through the roof when compared to Europe as a whole, but especially when compared to Malta.

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that we in staid, old Europe are doing a couple of things a lot better than our dear friends on the other side of the Big Pond.

The word you're looking for is 'compassion', but it appears to be a concept that seems largely missing over where you live.

Allan Gatt

Jul 20th 2010, 17:15

The death penalty is too lenient! The Americans would probably want to shoot her into outer space and put her death throes on Pay-per-View so it generates its own revenue.

M.Cachia

Jul 19th 2010, 21:33

you can't send her home she's an EU citizen - do you deport californians?

A Cremona

Jul 19th 2010, 22:51

Mr. Donnelly - that's exactly why we're proud to live in Malta and not the US. This is a country where criminal justice is just meant to preserve balance in society and not as a retributive tool aimed at destroying completely the lives of offenders who in most US states are considered sub-human rotten individuals who can be so easily stripped of dignity and humanity.

Yes, this sentencing for a stupid bravado is just, equitable and perfect. It goes punished but punished with the nature of the offence and the offender in mind. God forbid we have one iota of the American criminal justice system transposed into Maltese Law. This is the country where in 2010 one can chose to die by a firing squad. Hehehe... Europe in 1755.

T Camilleri

Jul 19th 2010, 23:42

M.Cachia Yes you can Cachia n the basis of public security.

T Camilleri

Jul 19th 2010, 23:41

Tony Bonello you got everything wrong Bonello. If she had blood in her mouth through not cleaning her teeth regularly she would infect the WPC. She bit the WPC so there was saliva and possibly she was sweating with the drinks and the hot weather. As for not deporting her because she is from an eu country it can still be done on the basis of public security. So its better for you to inform yourself before trying to make fun of others Bonello.

Justin Spiteri

Jul 19th 2010, 17:43

Probably because she's a young bulgarian girl and not an illegal immigrant guy.

Robert Azzopardi

Jul 19th 2010, 20:59

Oy oy calm down. Fine she was in the wrong, fine she resisted arrest and fine she bit an officer but what on earth is it with people like you calling out to lynch every single foreigner for any minor offence!?! To be honest she got a sentence equivalent to what a Maltese guy would get for beating his wife or girlfriend half to death! Do you see any proportionality there? Besides, deportation??? Don't you think that's a bit extreme?

b.busuttil

Jul 19th 2010, 23:33

b kull rispett ta... inti tahseb li hi xi haga tajba li taqbad u tfajjar konkluzjonijiet bhall dawn???
peress li m ghadniex lura f dan il pajjiz... ma tahsibx fil familjari u hbieb ta dik il puluzija??
u dawn min fejn gibthom dawn il fatti?? ghax sa fejn naf jien zbaljat 100 per cent!!

T Camilleri

Jul 19th 2010, 23:45

Mr Robert Azzopardi, no I don't think that deportation is extreme because the message has to ne hammered home that such behaviour is not allowed in Malta. If foreigners think that they can come here and do whatever they want they must be given an example that the authorities shall not allow it. I wonder whether you would have said the same if she bit you Mr Azzopardi.

Robert Azzopardi

Jul 20th 2010, 11:23

:) I'm so tempted to answer your last question! But since this is a public blog I shall refrain from doing so. Ok my point is simple, her offence was really not so grave. I am not saying that it shouldn't carry any consequences but I'm all for proportionality. All too often I read on this online newspaper of much worse crimes committed by Maltese citizens and I have noted a distinct pattern ie whenever a crime is committed by a Maltese citizen the punishment is likely to be more lenient. On the contrary foreigners tend to be punished more severely. That is unacceptable! My dear Camilleri you are not to be judged on the basis of your nationality but rather on the gravity of your offence. And yes you are silly throwing around ridiculous speculation on the possible viral diseases the officer might have contracted as a direct result of a bite by a foreigner. I'm sorry but your attitude is totally and completely intolerant, but hey what do you expect...