Max Ciantar fined for possession of heroin
Video: Mark Zammit Cordina
Maximilian Ciantar was this afternoon fined €800 after he pleaded guilty to being in possession of heroin, committing a crime while under probation and relapsing.
Mr Ciantar, 21, of Marsa, the driver who served a jail term for running over twin girls in Attard was found in possession of heroin at Mater Dei Hospital last night.
He was caught by members of the Drugs Squad in Disneyland, where he was visiting his baby. He had been out of prison for a few days.
On January 17, Mr Ciantar was jailed for a month and fined €100 after a Magistrate found him guilty of having threatened journalists who were reporting a court case late last year.
He has also served a three month jail term after having been found driving in breach of a court order issued after the incident involving the twins.
It was agreed in court that he will pay €100 per month starting at the end of this month.
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Mr Carl Abela
Feb 6th, 17:05
Dan dejjem jivvinthom jahasra
Joe Fenech
Feb 5th, 12:51
In Malta education is compulsory till 16 years old (correct me if I'm wrong). Why didn't schools pick up on his issues which surely can't be recent! Dolor, you who boasts how successful your educational system has been, tell us a bit about this!
Tracy Farrugia
Feb 6th, 14:11
The guy quite obviously needs some help......
Joe Xuereb
Feb 5th, 10:58
Justice in Malta may well be an ass but going on about it only manages to feed the anger. Ciantar has been bad and this makes people want to punish him if the Courts won't. In the meantime, all we know about Mr. Ciantar is that he misbehaves and now, that he made the effort to go and see his baby in hospital. Other than that, we know nothing because we have not heard him speak up for himself. This man was once an innocent child. The signs that he was turning out to be a bad apple must have been apparent from early on but nothing was done (teachers, religious instruction, parents). He was let down like so many people are. So it is not so much a case of being an apologist Mr. McIntosh, but more a question of, what could have been done to nip the problem in the bud, but wasn't?. Mr. McIntosh, I am sorry if my stance as an apologist(hardly) irks you. How you feel is your responsibility but maybe, you might feel less mad if you learned to feel comfortable knowing that yes, people do fall through the 'decency' net but there is often an explainable cause for this.
Joe Fenech
Feb 5th, 12:53
I agree 100% re school not picking up on problems: Maltese children spend at least 12 years so I can't understand why people still come out illiterate and with massive behavioural problems!
Christina Pace
Feb 6th, 11:42
While i agree that there are children/juveniles that fall through the cracks, I think we should also acknowledge that some problem behavior does not show up until later on, and 16 years in school do not necessarily give the opportunity for these problems to be pointed out. Schizophrenia for instance is difficult to diagnose in minors because of their creativity and imagination often being dismissed as normal and encouraged. Drug abuse will not be observed throughout the 16 years of school if ever.
Unfortunately mis/undiagnosed disorders in childhood aften lead to problem behavior later in life. Even when the school and other institutions make an effort to help those with difficulties it os often the parents that object to the claim and carry on denying the problem. It is not fair to blame the system when we know there are parents who send their 13 year old children to work instead of school 3 times a week.
silvio loporto
Feb 5th, 10:41
This young criminal, is fast becoming a household name.
It's about time he is made to realise, that the majority of us,ciitsens, are not amused.
Something should be done about this man,like for example locking him up and throwing the keys away.
Better safe than sorry.
paul ellul
Feb 5th, 10:22
Jien ma nafx ghal fejn din il hafna prominenza.Ghax dal bniedem ma jsthoqlux ikun f'ahbarijet ghax huwwa vera kiesah.
DAVID D. PACE
Feb 5th, 10:13
sakkruh gewwa ghal 10 snin ha jitghallem. dan x'jaseb li hu?
Joe Attard
Feb 5th, 08:53
the government in parliament should vote to amend the law so it is equal to every body Imagine at what risk the baby's and mothers had been in hospital during his visit. First environment for new born babies in public Hospital *(State of the art)in Malta was heroin. This should be published in the genes book of records and making it as breaking news on Reuters re Public Hospitals in the republic of Malta and a fine of 100 euro for 8 months Laws are made in parliament as far as i know
Ms Donna Degaetano
Feb 5th, 08:43
Is this some kind of joke being played on us citizens or what? It seems so to me! In that case it is not funny at all!! I'm all for giving people a second chance after doing wrong but there is a limit to everything! I know a couple of people who where jailed 2, 4 and 6 months for possession of cannabis and neither had any previous criminal record and yet here we have this young man who keeps commiting one crime after the other and what does he get??? 800 euro for possession of heroin in a places where there are children? Ridiculous..... it should be a long spell in jail where he is put to work to pay for his keeping!!
Manuel Scicluna
Feb 5th, 07:43
He's in the streets again. Who is going to be his next victim?
Jon Fitzgerald
Feb 5th, 01:47
i dont want to look like im standing up for such behavior or anything but.
what chances are of this man having a fair trial if the news paper depicts him in these ways?
punishment and rehabilitation, what do you think everyone deserves?
John Bonnici
Feb 5th, 00:38
so who still agrees giving magistrates and judges a pay rise ?
Joe Xuereb
Feb 5th, 00:11
The usual punishments (according to some, prison and throw away the key) is not going to work. All it will do is he won't take drugs - what?! in prison? - prevent him driving under the influence and possibly injuring, again, other people. Fine! But this is how thousands have been punished over the years and nothing changes. Crime is still committed. No deterrent(may deter some, we will never know what doesn't happen.. But we do know that crime continues to be committed).
Maybe the Courts reckon sending him to prison and throwing away the key as many would have it will not help him. I think Mr. Ciantar, possibly, together with his immediate family, need family-therapy. This is one way of getting to know a whole variety of social ills. He would need to cooperate and show improvement. There will have to be some serious arrangement preventing him from driving his father's car (should be easy with co-operation from dad[who could well be afraid of his son. Drug addicts are known to terrorise and steal from their families]). Using emotive language like, what would you say if he run over your kids?. This is punitive language that merely feeds into people's vindictive streak. I know he has been bad. I also know he has gone to hospital to see his baby; so there may be a human streak in the man and this must not be overlooked. Find out through him what ails society and that would be infinitely more useful than putting him in jail and throwing away the key.
James McIntosh
Feb 5th, 08:35
People with attitude like yours make me mad, you are nothing but an appologist for these law breakers. People are sipposed to OBEY the law under threat of punishment, that is how it works. Punishment.
If someone CHOOSES by their own free will to breal the law, and they do know that it is against the law, no matter what appologist get rich lawyers say in court, then the full weight of the legal system should be felt in proportion to the severity of ofence. Serial offenders however should be dealt with more severely and at a perhaps third conviction the maximum sentence allowable for that offence should be handed down and no reduction because of lawyers offering bleeding heart sob stories about "social problems" or " deprivation". The miscreant does not give a hoot in Malta because the punishment is not a deterrent and, just as in many other socially aware countries, convictions seem to carry some sort of cudos amongst their peers to be displayed like badges of merit or award.
Hard working taxpayers are heart sick of seeing their well earned money taken from them in tax to be wasted on criminal after criminal in "social programmes" or "rehabilitation" because the majority of the time it does not work. That is why people demand jail sentences, because at least for the time spent in prison the criminal cannot commit more offences against the population.
Prison may not be the answer in many cases but the punishment meted out for the crimes, by courts, should be consistent and should be feared by the criminal for their effect upon their life and social standing.
Joe Fenech
Feb 5th, 08:59
I agree to a certain pain with family therapy but it won't work when problems are so ingrained. What is of a concern to me is that in Malta education is compulsory till 16 years old (correct me if I'm wrong). Why didn't schools pick up on his issues which surely can't be recent! Dolor, you who boasts how successful your educational system has been, tell us a bit about this
If people are using emotional language and adopting a punitive stance, it is because they feel let down by the educational and judicial systems so they're desperate.
Joe Fenech
Feb 5th, 09:07
The Social Services need to intervene and take that baby away ASAP !
Joe Fenech
Feb 5th, 11:21
I meant 'I agree to a certain point'
Charles Vella
Feb 5th, 00:09
So, this guy just had a loan from the courts of Malta...! LOL Didn't know the courts of Malta do loans where one can pay fines in installments...
T Cassar
Feb 4th, 23:56
Perhaps the way forward would be to make a list of what this person has cost the tax payer, court time, hospital costs for the girls, prison expenses, metadone (if he is given it), social benefits, police time etc, etc, etc. Then compare this to what he has contributed. THEN we could re-consider the feasibility of having criminal lawyers who double as legislators!
Not referring to this particular person, one must admit that some people are beyond rehabilitation and no 'miskin' or 'jahasra' will change this, sad but true. In these cases, protection of others should be the paramount concern.
Alex Buds
Feb 4th, 23:53
800 euros and ok to pay in instalments over 8 mos for heroin in a children's ward!
but 10 years for 2 cannabis plants in the privacy of one's own backyard!
welcome to maltese justice!!
Charles Vella
Feb 5th, 00:06
Well said!! For the guy, visiting the courts is like going shopping for clothes in valletta! u leee... sewwa jighd John Bundy... Pajjiz tal MICKEY MOUSE! And the courts of law in Malta are nothing but a laugh!
Jay Oatmon
Feb 5th, 08:14
I agree - the Malta courts are an absolute utter and complete disgrace! I think only the EU can force change on this 'stuck in the last century' courts/sentencing situation in Malta. DeBono was right to complain about inaction and no being accountable or being forced to resign for incompetence. For me the mafia seems to run Malta's courts, and the public gets the shaft every time.
Joe Attard
Feb 5th, 09:07
Now also drugs at Disneyland not only in Prison
John Dee
Feb 5th, 10:49
It's not rocket science is it? Break the law - go to jail or be fined. Serious crime, serious penalty - minor crime, minor penalty. Then there is Malta.....
Malta's system seems to be more concerned about the kid glove treatment of criminals than it is about caring for the victims.
The legal laughing stock of Europe.
Joe Fenech
Feb 4th, 22:13
And gosh, he was allowed to pay in instalments!
Joe Fenech
Feb 4th, 22:13
Oh, he was in Disneyland! It confirms what John Bundy sang some years ago...!
P. Ciantar
Feb 4th, 22:13
it seems he thinks he is the King of Malta
R. Gauci
Feb 4th, 23:55
In fact he is. I bet anyone to commit such offences and still be around.
R. Gauci
Feb 4th, 21:41
Ghad ghandu 21 sena u kieku kont il-Magistrat naghmillu offerta, naghtih ftit snin cans biex igib dottorat mill-Universita', jekk le 20 sena habs.
Paul Camilleri
Feb 4th, 20:28
10 Years jail for growing 2 cannabis plants. 800 Euros for possession of heroin in a childrens' ward. He had funds to buy heroin but he does not have enough money to pay the penalty, and was given the benefit to settle amount by instalments over an eight month period. UNBELIEVABLE.
Mr leo attard
Feb 4th, 21:20
exacto mundo! But, remember, it's important to bear in mind where he was arrested --- disneyland, land of the Mickey Mouse!!!!!!
R. Gauci
Feb 4th, 21:39
INKREDIBBLI verament!! Insejt issemmi li recidiv ghal xi 5 darbiet habib.
Mobbie dickvince
Feb 4th, 19:31
Some commented below that the Maltese juridical system is a joke, well sir, i think they are Beyond a Joke and thats even worse.
Darren Azzopardi
Feb 4th, 19:19
How can we feel safe with unrepentant criminals walking with us, and laughing straight at the court's face?
JOSEPH ZAMMIT
Feb 4th, 19:00
SHAME SHAME SHAME SHAME SHAME
THIS IS ATROCIOUS----extremely or shockingly wicked, cruel, or brutal: an atrocious crime against Maltese citizen.
SHAME SHAME SHAME SHAME SHAME
Cornelius Murphy
Feb 4th, 22:57
@Joseph Zammit
If you didn't have a heart attack already, please calm down and explain what you mean.
Joe Attard
Feb 4th, 18:51
Thanks to the times of Malta that we could know what's going on behind the pillars of the court Killing a dog means 1000's of euros and prison We are in a situation as Animal farm says some animals are equal more than others ( humans) I am against mistreating animals but we should respect principles that existed from the days of Adam and eve and protect society
C Galea
Feb 4th, 18:45
Well Done Max .
What is happening .How come this list on Max goes on and on and on .
N. Agius
Feb 4th, 18:31
God help us!
m borg
Feb 4th, 18:29
U LEEEEE !!!!!!!!!@#$%^&* Kif qatt nistghu niehdu l-qorti bis-serjeta lol !
Noel Cutajar
Feb 4th, 18:29
War declared by journalists...whatever he will do he will be treated as the worst person on Earth. Do they apply the dame yard stick on all persons arraigned in court? No way...as they do not make any news...
A. Tabone
Feb 4th, 18:01
"On January 17, Mr Ciantar was jailed for a month and fined €100 after a Magistrate found him guilty of having threatened journalists who were reporting a court case late last year".
Ermm.... today is what ? 4th February? Is there a month between Jan 17 and Feb 4?
John Bonnici
Feb 5th, 00:42
seems like the court and prison authorities have a different calendar
Caroline Grech
Feb 4th, 17:58
Recidivism at its best!!!
"commit another crime, he may
be sentenced to a punishment higher by one degree than the
punishment established for such other crime" - and quoting the law
I don't see any higher degree of punishment applied!!
An amenda/multa here doesn't suffice!!!
Charlene Bonnici
Feb 4th, 17:54
Ilni nghid jien li dan il-bniedem xi ras kbira biex jaghmel, x'jaghmel ma jehel xejn!!!!!
peter fenech
Feb 4th, 19:03
nahseb sew qed tghid ghax qisu hadd ma jista ghalih. jien irrid nkun!! jirrangawni kieku!!
Joe Fenech
Feb 4th, 17:49
Compare Ciantar's case to the Daniel Holmes case:
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20111214/local/holmes-appeals-10-year-jail-term-for-cannabis-conviction.398365
There is something very wrong in Malta. Scrap those corrupt courts!
Caroline Grech
Feb 4th, 19:05
INDEED !!!!!
Joseph Calleja
Feb 4th, 20:03
The case of Daniel Holmes was very political and prejudiced only because he was a foreigner. Certain Maltese got caught doing the same thing and a lot of them got a suspended sentence. Where is the fair justice? I hope Mr Holmes has a good lawyer and appeals his unjust sentence.
J. Abela
Feb 4th, 17:48
This guy did some terrible things but honestly I think he needs real help not fines.
peter fenech
Feb 4th, 19:02
what if the girls he ran over were your daughters? would you still say he needs help? help has been provided to this man and he has not co-operated. he should be locked away for ever.
JOSEPH ZAMMIT
Feb 4th, 19:10
HE IS GETTING ALL THE HELP FROM THE COURT---can't you read?
Ms.D. Galea
Feb 4th, 17:46
Society has a right to be protected from psychopaths of this sort and I hope that the social sevices are seriously considering how best to protect the baby's rights.
peter fenech
Feb 4th, 19:01
you are right, i fully agree
Joseph Calleja
Feb 4th, 20:04
AMEN
carmel muscat
Feb 4th, 17:45
veru qrati ala malta ghandna hawn malta sitwazjoni tal biki ma jafux li dan il bniedem huwa criminalli maruf kif jibqu ituh sentenzi zar nistaqsi jiena ??? xi trobija kellu dan il bniedem u xi trobija sa jatti lura lil ibnu li ghadu baby??????? nahseb min jafu jista jatti twegibba tajba
Martin Attard
Feb 4th, 17:40
ministru tal gustizzjaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
wake up !!!
peter fenech
Feb 4th, 19:04
tghajjatx ghax tqajjmu!!
mark borg
Feb 4th, 21:29
Hallih ghax dak parti mil KLIKKA !
Jes Farrugia
Feb 5th, 07:53
mark borg xi klikka hi li qed issemmi?? jekk rajt il-filmat sew u ghandek zmien daqsi nahseb tinduna lil min kellhu jiddefendih.
mark johnson
Feb 4th, 17:35
Nimby nimby nimby
Wait until he nearly kills your kids then we see how happy you are he walks free.
Shaun Anthony Camilleri
Feb 4th, 17:20
Maltese courts are a JOKE. Full stop.
mark borg
Feb 4th, 17:53
If the government is a joke...How could justice be otherwise?
John Azzopoardi
Feb 4th, 17:19
A criminal is always a criminal. This young man needs to be taught to live within the law and if he breaks the law 2 nd, 3rd or more times, penalties should be increased. And on top of it he has baby. What kind of an example is he setting for this little one. Shame on you.
Tonio Farrugia
Feb 4th, 17:18
Fined Eur800?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
but who are we kidding??????? ...
HHHEEEEELLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!..............JUSTICE PLEASE!!...... JUSTICE!!!!
A. Borg
Feb 4th, 17:11
Ma nafx jekk nidhaqx jew nibki!
Joe Attard
Feb 4th, 18:57
Nahseb li tal biki ghax citadini ta malta
peter fenech
Feb 4th, 19:06
ibki sur borg, tidhaqx ghax dan bniedem perikoluz. jekk itajjarlek it tifla tkun taf jekk tibkix jew tidhaq!!
Josianne Micallef
Feb 4th, 17:10
There are no words to explain the gravity of this - a person who hit 2 kids (almost killing them), drove a car again without a license, and was caught with heroin at Mater Dei s children s ward, is still out, and the only punishment for the latest is and 800eur fine, which ps: ha can pay over 8 months at 100eur per month. Dear Justice, you totally offend all the Maltese which follow the laws and live life correctly. Malta, was, is and always will be a country driven by the most stupid of the country. we are living in a total disgrace
mark borg
Feb 4th, 17:57
You forgot to mention he even burnt his cell while in prison and got out earlier for good behaviour !
Paul Camilleri
Feb 4th, 19:54
And was awarded 1000Euros for breach of his human rights !!!!!!!!
Clifford Grech
Feb 4th, 17:04
A guy was arrested for 10 years ( if memory serves me right ) for the same thing. Are you kidding me ??
Victor Pulis
Feb 4th, 16:49
The judiciary don't feel they owe us mere mortals an explanation of how the law works. Our comments slide off them like water off a duck's back. They are untouchables.
Karl Consiglio
Feb 4th, 16:49
Mhux ahjar they help him instead?
mark borg
Feb 4th, 17:40
Min jaf li qered il hajja ta wliedek kemm tkun tridhom helping him kieku !!!!!!
Dan postu mhux man nies u jhekk jibqa ma jitghallimx mhux problem ...ghandu mela jibqa jinzamm maghluq qabel jeqred aktar hajjiet ta nies innocenti !!!!
Joseph Calleja
Feb 4th, 17:44
Any suggestions Mr Consiglio? This man has been a menace for a long time and the courts or whoever, keeps giving another chance to reform but the result are always the same, more trouble. This man has no respect for anyone, not even his family, how pathetic is that? What would you do? It seems like therapy did not help him any, prison was a waste, maybe his little new born baby might change his ways.
Mr Peter Barbara
Feb 4th, 18:23
Mhux ahjar they help the family whose twins were run over !!!!
Karl Consiglio
Feb 5th, 16:40
Peter Barbara,
As well yes.
A Cardona
Feb 4th, 16:47
All animals are equal BUT some animals are more equal than others.
Peter Critien
Feb 4th, 16:46
" It was agreed that he would pay Euro 100 a month " ????
Mela multa xi "LOAN" jew
u leeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!
Ne needs a beating that's what he needs.
Jay Oatmon
Feb 4th, 16:42
This is a farce - it is impossible to bring the Malta courts into disrepute - they are way lower than that.
This can only be corruption or incompetence or both - who will listen to the public outcry and do something?
A Vella
Feb 4th, 16:38
I think whoever is pressing the buttons for these stories to be given so much prominence should really get a grip on himself. Yes this youngster has some serious problems, relapsed many times and harmed society, especially those two little angels. But let us not forget he is just 21 and should be given the help and support to change and reform himself. I assure you that whoever reverts to heroine is in a desperate situation. In my opinion the way society is behaving with this youngster after the hit and run in is equally as bad as his actions. Let's just give him his space and not forget that he is a human after all and all effort should be done to help him out.
Peppi grech
Feb 4th, 17:30
U ejja....inti smajt xi haga fis-sentenza that would help him out hlief li jista jhallas dil-mizerja ta multa bin nifs? Mela dan irid l-ghajnuna?kummiedja wahda wara ohra qed jaghmel bil gustizzja ta' pajjizna.
Joseph Spiteri
Feb 4th, 16:33
Jeżisti qawl li jgħid "VIVA SAN FILEP LA X-XITAN IRID HEKK" F'dan il-każ jien ngħid "Viva l-Kriminalità la l-Qrati tal-Ġustizzja jridu hekk."
Joseph Agius
Feb 4th, 16:31
He just has to give back 4/5 of what the Court had given him for being a 'naughty court'!
peter fenech
Feb 4th, 19:06
lol
Tony Dalli
Feb 4th, 16:04
Is he related to a big shot in Malta or what???????
Who is behind him? Who is protecting him?
Mr Emanuel Farrugia
Feb 4th, 16:02
Nies bhal dawn jahsbu li hadd ma' jista ghalihom? Veru nies li s-socjeta ghandha ghalfejn izzomm 'l boghod minnhom.
Emanuel Farrugia former Executive Secretary Mtarfa Local Council
Joseph Calleja
Feb 4th, 15:55
What about his children's future. My daddy was a bully, my daddy was a druggy, my daddy was in prison, my daddy almost killed two innocent children while walking in a Zebra crosswalk, my daddy had no respect for the law and less respect for the human race, my daddy drove a car with no drivers license and had no insurance, my daddy took his daddy's car without permission more than once, My Daddy is a very law abiding citizen, NOT. My daddy is a menace to society in general. Nice going Mr Ciantar. You are not by yourself anymore, now you have a responsibility and a baby to take care of. Change your ways and act responsible. Grow up.
Sharlet Fabri
Feb 4th, 15:52
Oh please! Give us a break!!
Mark Grech
Feb 4th, 15:51
What an insult to societies laws and intelligence!!! Stories such as these lower my fait in our law systems.. and to think people are getting 10 years for possession of cannabis! Come on..
G Falzon
Feb 4th, 15:44
Someone at the prisons needs to learn his maths well!
"On January 17, Mr Ciantar was jailed for a month" --- meaning he should have been incarcerated till February 16.
Joseph Agius
Feb 4th, 15:40
I used to think that April Fool is on 1 April not 4 February. How foolish of me !
Josef Borg
Feb 4th, 15:39
Poor baby what a future waiting for him!!
Mr robert micallef
Feb 4th, 15:36
this person has done wrong and has got punished for it. whether the punishment was correct or not is not his or our fault.
i get the feeling that the media and society now want to destroy him.
Edward Camilleri
Feb 4th, 15:54
Max can only blame himself for his own destruction. On the contrary the twins that were badly injured cannot say so.
Mr robert micallef
Feb 4th, 16:33
Don't we just love to gang up on someone.
Charles Cremona
Feb 4th, 15:36
Disgusting, this man has a big drug problem and has no intention of doing anything about his problems, until he decides to sort himself out he should be kept in custody.
peter fenech
Feb 4th, 19:08
i agree
Alfred Falzon
Feb 4th, 15:28
The judicial system in Malta is in dire need of an overhaul, and LONG OVERDUE!
Is there still a Ministry responsible for Justice in Malta?!!
Perhaps some "bocca" et al may wish to enlighten us rather than waste their time chastising Dr Franco Debono for "unbecoming" behaviour towards some PN petty gods!
Malta needs people like you Franco and how!
Alfred A. Falzon
Joseph Agius
Feb 4th, 15:56
But Franco wants to give more rights to those accused of a crime! so no, Malta does not need people like you Franco!
Alfred Falzon
Feb 4th, 17:18
@ Joseph Agius
Dr Debono wants justice for all, I am sure he does not share your biased opinion!
Everybody has the right to a lawyer and will remain innocent until proven guilty!
But once guilty, there should be the right judgement meted to whoever is in flagrant breach of the law!
That's what Dr Franco Debono is after, not chaos and discrepancies in judgements that raise many an eyebrow!
Yes, we need MPs the like of Dr Franco Debono, not yesmen!
Alfred A. Falzon
M Farrugia
Feb 4th, 17:23
very well said alfred, and most probable he has a lot of legal advisors who sympathies with him too.
Alfred Falzon
Feb 4th, 18:10
Dear Alfred, For once naqblu.:)
etienne scerri
Feb 4th, 15:26
ghandi il kont tad dawl ..... nista nhallsu bin nifs please ???
N. Galea
Feb 4th, 16:06
Le ma tistax ghax taqbad tehel linteressi... mhux bhal xi NIES..... LOL
Joseph E Briffa
Feb 4th, 16:09
Of course you may....
M Farrugia
Feb 4th, 17:23
iva tistg habib
Mr Ernest Vella
Feb 4th, 15:25
lol...dan ghandu xi qaddis jipprotegih...l-eroina li sabulu fuqhu kienet qrib hafna tat-tfal...imma l-gustizzja x'jimpurtaha...kien barra qabel il-waqt....ha jhallashom mija fix-xahar...x'gustizzja...u halluna...Nispera li almeny il-Ministru Chris Said jara xi hnizrija hi din???
etienne scerri
Feb 4th, 15:25
tal genn ehh .. tajjar zewg t'itfal fil fjur ta hajjithom, mar il habs u wara sena u nofs kien diga qieghed jilghaq ix xemx. licenzja sospiza min ghaxar snin ghal 6 xhur u wara ftit jiem jew gimghat qabduh jsuq bil licenzja sospiza. kawza il qorti u hedded gurnalist, wehel xahar habs u multa. tbezbiza zghira. issa regaw arrestaw fuq pusses ta heroina donnu jhossu home il qorti u wisq u wisq aktar corradino hotel facilities. imbaghad jinqabad zaghzugh b joint jew pakket sigaretti tal kontrabandu u naghmlu gimgha storja fuq il gazzetti u news.
Andrea Sammut
Feb 4th, 15:19
He's broke yet the court had awarded him 1000 euros for breach of human rights?
Alfred Falzon
Feb 4th, 15:15
How are we expected to respect the rule of law when we read about such sentences? On previous occasions when someone is caught with possession of heroin he/she is given quite a hefty sentence. This time round it is like going to the grocer (quart kunserva bin-nifs please!!!)
Criss Camilleri
Feb 4th, 15:14
In another Life, I will not choose to be a Law abiding citizen, BUT, yes; The Opposite.
S Bonnici
Feb 4th, 15:10
Can someone explain please, if he was jailed for a month on January 17th, how come he's outside? Shouldn't he still be in jail? And how come he had money to buy drugs but did not have money to pay the fine?
Noel Zahra Diacono
Feb 4th, 15:13
Jidher li dan il-bniedem il-fuq mill-ligi.
Marco Galea
Feb 4th, 15:15
The court counts the time spent under arrest before the court sentence as part of the sentence ... so if he spent 2 weeks arrested before he was condemned to a month in prison, he will only serve 1-2 weeks after the sentence
S Bonnici
Feb 4th, 15:47
@Marco Galea - but before the 17th January he was in jail for driving without a licence and then on the 17th January it was another term for threatening journalists, so the time in jail before the 17th was for something different. I can't understand how he's out before the month.
Michael Borg
Feb 4th, 15:05
bin nifs tajjeb !!! u ghal drogi kellu flus !!!
Noel Zahra Diacono
Feb 4th, 14:58
Proset hafna.
MALCOLM SEYCHELL
Feb 4th, 14:30
Only in Malta. Breaking the law each month and given stupid sentences. Nahseb bla imghax ukoll il multa ux..
Ivan Calleja
Feb 4th, 14:29
Ukoll tawh cans ihallas bin-nifs!!!! Qeghdin sew dan il-pajjiz!!
Joseph Schembri
Feb 4th, 14:26
Well it seems that you can get away with anything in this country!
Daniel Gaffarena
Feb 4th, 15:13
Except growing some harmless, medicinal plants for personal use of course!