Patrick Cooke
Paint attack on retiree’s house
This is the second time green paint has been thrown on the front door and facade of Mr Navarro's house.
An senior citizen in Attard who was the victim of a late-night paint attack on his home while he was asleep has defiantly declared that he will not be intimidated.
Anthony Navarro was shocked to discover green paint splashed all over his front door and surrounding wall at around 7 a.m. yesterday.
This is the second time paint has been thrown at Mr Navarro’s house close to San Anton Palace – he was the victim of a similar attack involving green paint in 2002. Police investigated that attack but no arrests were made.
Although Mr Navarro could not say for certain who carried out the attacks, he said he was often forced to complain about noise emanating from two nearby bars and someone may have been aggrieved.
“It is like living in Paceville here, we’re kept awake every night till at least 3 a.m. Customers leave the establishments at around 1 or 2 a.m. but then they remain in the area, talking and laughing outside our homes,” said Mr Navarro. Although he won a court case two years ago to force the establishments to stop playing music after 11 p.m., the retiree told The Sunday Times his complaints to the local council and police about noise levels from customers often fell on deaf ears, leaving residents feeling powerless.
No other properties in the area have been targeted by paint attacks and Mr Navarro said the neighbourhood does not have a problem with vandalism.
He said many local residents complained to the police anonymously about noise levels in the area, but he was the only one to do it in his name. “Whoever did this has failed to frighten me – I will not be intimidated,” he said.
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O Attard
Apr 4th 2011, 16:45
It disturbs law abiding citizens to have to read and witness such horrendous acts against persons who opt to exercise their rights and report to the police, rather than suffer in silence. It is nauseating when you have people like A Camilleri not disapproving such bullying tactics and instead of urging the law to prosecute the perpetrators of these shameful deeds asks Mr. Navarro to shut up.
a. micallef
Apr 4th 2011, 08:09
Pajjiz li ghad hawn l-arroganza u hawn min jghidirlu jista jghamel li jrid !
Min jiftah il-bars u jdejjaq in-nies bl-storbju, min jiftah tal-pastizzi, min ihammeg
wara bibien in-nies bil-hmieg tal-klieb, min ihalli il-klieb jinbhu mal-lejl u
il-gurnata insomma pajjiz il-mickey mouse. Il-famuzi little prime ministers u
ministers tal-kunsilli lokali ma jghamlu xejn. Nissimpattizza mieghek Sur Navarro.
Barra minn Malta graw murders u disastri meta kien hemm girien li ma setghux
jissaportu izjed u tilfu rashom u hadu il-ligi bidejhom ghaliex il-ligi ma ipprotegithomx.
JOhn Azzopardi
Apr 3rd 2011, 20:24
People have a right to peace and quiet especially at night. BARS and clubs should have adequate insulation so that their music does not offend and the area outside should be kept quiet. In life, we all know that if you complain, there will be retaliation. This occurs in Malta as well as in other place outside malta. But cowards should not resort to throwing paint. To me, a man or woman who secretly throws paint or secretly does an act illegally against the property of another human being and not face that person is a COWARD. Just pure COWARD.
A Pace
Apr 3rd 2011, 17:27
A Camilleri .... I agree Live and Let Live. So should do the bar owners and night revelers who go to bars and discos in the vicinity of residential areas. Your reasoning is totally warped. If you had to endure all the noise during your studies, I am sorry for you. But this does not make it a good thing, and apart from that, I don't think that the contractor continued with the noise until 2 or 3am did he? In this world, there are laws that are there to be obeyed and keep order. You cannot just break the law and justify yourself with the famous phrase "live and let live". It is against the law to make loud noise after 11pm in residential areas. Everyone has the sacred right to rest after a hard day's work.
F. Abela
Apr 3rd 2011, 11:35
A. Camilleri - what a warped reasoning is yours. So according to you we all have to bear all kinds of noises and live and let live. Very selfish attitude. A little bit of goodwill on the part of the bar would be that he advises his clientele to limit noise to the minimum because it is a residential area. I have seen a notice outside a very popular pub in London who has tables outside that kindly requests patrons to keep noise at a minimum so as not to annoy the people - not necessarily people who live next door. Such is the attitude to take but unfortunately this is not the case in Malta - it seems only people who do not sleep early or who might be studing or resting in between shift jobs, have every right to be noisy. This applies also to the foreign students who come to 'learn' English - they have every right to be noisy because they are brining money to the country !
Anna Farrugia
Apr 3rd 2011, 11:29
Mr Navarro, I totally agree with you & I feel for you. Whether you are trying to sleep, study, get your baby to sleep, what it is you wish to do and you need some peace & quiet it seems that nowadays we cannot find it anywhere. If you complain...well it's a matter of dam if you do & dam if you don't. Whatever it is people should not be selfish (unfortunately a lot are nowadays) and they don't think that their neighbours need to study, sleep etc they just carry on with whatever they think is their right, yet they forget the rights for others. Now if it was the church bells, these noisey people would be the first to complain and they do anything to stop that clock from working. I missed hearing the Balzan clock the last time I was there...because of some wonderful person who decided to move to Balzan to live and decided to say, 'Oh that noise. Don't want that.' then they complained. Isn't life beautiful with so many selfish people along the way! Kamra f'ghalqa l-ahjar, wahdek. That's what my gtrandmother used to say! She was so right!
A Camilleri
Apr 3rd 2011, 10:46
Dear Mr Navarro, what makes you think that you are different or better than other people here that live in malta?? do you think that you have the right to control people? because you are sleeping everyone else should? let me tell you one thing... when I was studying for my A levels, a contractor was building a block of flats right next to my house, should I have stopped him from building that block because of the noise? because i couldn't do anything, not even read a single paragraph, and that is very frustrating when you have to study. p.s. there is also a telephone booth in the street, with all kind of ppl phoning their families abroad... literally shrieking not talking on the phone, should I have reported them to the police as well?? LIVE AND LET LIVE!!!! u cant control everything in life!!! there are hundreds of ppl out there that live in bugibba, marsaskla etc where there are lots of bars, not just a couple, do you think they do the same like you?? its true you shouldn't be intimidated, some times you just have to shut up
J. Borg
Apr 3rd 2011, 11:46
Camilleri
What a poor soul you are!
During the day one expects others to carry out works - whereas during the night one expects to have a night's rest.
Others can dance and drink the night away as much as they like - so long as they do not disturb the majority of the other people's sleep.
B Micallef
Apr 3rd 2011, 12:53
A Camilleri everyone has the right to peace and not to be disturbed in his house. When are the authorities going to revoke all these bars permits and close down all bars and such places that are in built-up areas? Why should citizens suffer because someone decides to open up a bar or other noisy or smelly outlet in built-up areas? Are the authorities as usual waiting for a serious incident where citizens take the law in their own hands through being frustrated by their constant harassment without the authorities lifting a finger?
joe grech
Apr 3rd 2011, 09:54
The police and council in the area should have pointed fingers at them and need to be disciplined. mhux paroli biss...........