Two men admit assaulting policemen

R. Gauci

Oct 5th 2011, 00:57

Beating up policemen is quickly becoming a national hobby. This has to stop and since sentences are lenient officers must be armed and given full license to shoot and kill in self defence.

Dennis Agius

Oct 4th 2011, 21:39

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Mr Peter Murray

Oct 4th 2011, 18:41

Here we go again belt a copper and get away with it -what's the world coming too as in my day this is almost a hanging offence and the perpetrators would have had the book thrown at them.What sort of message does this send out?

Tony Agius

Oct 4th 2011, 18:12

When are we going to stop haveing people assaulting Policeman at work and after, and why does some people does not think twice to assault a Policeman, the answer is very very easy, just check what happens after.

Tony Agius

Oct 4th 2011, 18:00

We pretend that our Policeman will always be protected by the law and the Courts, if not so , how can we be sure that they are going to protect us from assaults.

Tony Agius

Oct 4th 2011, 17:45

In my opinion, when someone refuse to obey a Police Officer's Order, it is a crime, and even more, when someone punch, hit, push, or injure a Police Officer in any rank, a real and meaningful and truthfully adequate Penalty is what most people will be justly pretending to hear, just like other Countries.

Mr Daniel Jones

Oct 4th 2011, 17:45

Sentences like this just lead to more lawlessness on the streets. The law is meant to be there as a deterrent, but this just gives the message that if you act violently, and the police turn up, just carry on as you were because you will just get a slap on the wrist.

The police are there to protect us. But they also need the courts to protect them. Whichever party introduces a policy of a mandatory minimum 4 year prison term for assaulting a police officer will win a lot of votes.

M Cassar

Oct 4th 2011, 17:25

Are there any plans to factor in intoxication (of various substances) in cases of violence and road traffic accident or are we to continue to be happy, shrug and assume that boys will be boys! One is inclined to think that such incidents might be caused by more that just poor anger management skills considering that incidents seem to be more common after celebrations and visits to watering holes.

Considering that we continue to allow the highest alcohol level for driving in europe perhaps theories of cause and effect are in fact rubbish....who knows

Mr Joseph Calleja

Oct 4th 2011, 16:31

These are the same policemen/policewomen that are there to protect and defend us and the apply the law. If the courts don't have respect for our police department how do you expect the citizens to behave. Shame on the courts. Veru Mickey Mouse courts.

Mario Ellul

Oct 4th 2011, 14:23

Yes Mr Buhagiar, what happened to Gaia and other innocent defensely creatures, is extremely serious and well done for the judge yesterday to give such a sentence. The injury on the police officer was not life threatening and a police officer has the means and should have the know how to defend himself. Gaia couldn't.

E Schembri

Oct 4th 2011, 13:53

So for killing a dog the accused gets a straight €20,000 fine...

....but for assaulting two policemen, a simple suspended sentence! That is, no punishment.

No wonder Malta is a dump as 1 in every 1000 criminal is truly punished! Shame.

Mr Michael Buhagiar

Oct 4th 2011, 13:22

Wise judgements from our courts:
dumping a dog in a skip is more serious than manhandling and injuring a police officer.
Keep it up courts. More of your learned judgements.