Quotes of the week

“Obscenely he turned it on me...”

Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi accusing Labour leader Joseph Muscat of implicating him, his officials and the government system by taking the claims of e-mail hacking to Parliament instead of the police.

“This has been an unhappy experience for the bank.”

Bank of Valletta chairman Roderick Chalmers speaking about the lessons learnt from the property fund saga, but reiterating the bank did nothing wrong.

“One of the worst murders the island has seen.”

Attorney General Office lawyer Nadine Sant summing up in the trial of Ukrainian Sergeii Nykytiuk who let her die a slow, agonising death in the shaft of her apartment while he smoked and drank wine.

“Performances fell short of expectations.”

The Malta Football Association explaining why it sacked national team coach John Buttigieg and his assistant Carmel Busuttil.

“When will we learn that money doesn’t give you the right to do what you want?”

The Church’s environment commission shifting the debate of animal cruelty from the recent spate of dog torture to the growing trend of keeping exotic animals as pets.