Picture draws angry reaction

Mr C Camilleri

Sep 28th 2012, 23:30

Times passed and i am still disgusted seeing this picture. What a bunch of loosers ! I keep on wondering what they are smiling about ? Arrogance and ignorance at its best.

Alfred Cassar

Aug 22nd 2012, 12:49

Oh sorry, apologies my Lords, I mistaken you for gypsies. If I was the fatso, I will hide, just an embarrassment.

Mrs Maria Rosaria Brincat

Aug 18th 2012, 00:41

What a bunch of loosers. The Maltese courts shouid be ashamed.

Robert Calafato

Aug 16th 2012, 22:56

As someone once said, "A picture is worth a thousand words"

Bill Khan

Aug 16th 2012, 14:19

Looking at the response of people on this issue it seems we need to bring back the gladiator fights to death. We would be armed with swords and spears and the five without any and all exits blocked.
Suggest we build a colloseum at the foothills of Mdina, for better spectator viewing.
there is enough blood being shed in different parts of the world to get a good view on our screens to be demanding blood from the famous five. We condemn them for their poor attire if nothing else. One thought justice was supposed to be blind. We think by the donning of a suit and a tie makes a person better than the next. Simply a ridiculous assumption. Suited booted and tie clad Bush and Blair have told countless lies and caused the deathes of thousands of American and british soldiers not to mention the iraqis.
Is it possible that by putting on a tie the comapssion and forgiven goes out from our hearts . perhaps it does since a tie is originally the symbol of the Nimrod and the continuance of that symbol is being maintained. To understand is to forgive. Lets be forgiving and comapssionate. And for god sake take the Nomrodic tie off.

Charles Grima

Aug 15th 2012, 19:28

I would never allow myself to be kicked and punched without getting my own back... this pic will stick forever in my mind at the lameness of the Maltese Courts...

S Azzopardi

Aug 15th 2012, 18:58

Whoever is thinking that this is only in Malta has clearly never left the Maltese shores ! Not withstanding the irresponsible behavior and reckless attitude of these persons in the picture above is sad to say the least

michael catania

Aug 15th 2012, 11:37

Looking at the picture it gives the impression that we are now 4th world country. The picture is full of arrogance.Not only are they illegally occupying public land but they seem to think they are above the law.I f any decent citizen turned up at court in that attire they would have been sent down till they learnt to respect the law.It not only did not happen they get fined 60 Euro. They have sent a message that they can do as they please and give law of this land the two finger salute.

Elvin Muscat

Aug 15th 2012, 11:35

And all I had to do was collect a paper from the registry (not court) and was not allowed in unless I wore a white shirt and trousers. Some people take the law into their hands and end up the winners no doubt.

Joe Degiorgio

Aug 15th 2012, 10:25

The message passed by the law courts is that you could go in a free for all of punches for just 60 Euros and I wouldn't mind paying the bill.

Rocco Camilleri

Aug 15th 2012, 09:40

Ghalkemm li l-bierah fuq stazzjon tat-TV kien hemm Magistrat jew Imhallef (jekk mhux sejjer zball) fejn hareg stqarrija u qal li l-qorti kellha idejja marbghuta f'dan il- kaz billi l-persuna aggredita hafret lil imputati, jien inhoss li l-pulizija ghandha tkompli tipprocedi f'kazijiet bhal dawn, ghax f'dawn il-kazi (specjalment dan li rajna jsir minnhom) ikun hemm element ta' biza mill-vittma. U dan qed jigri ghax inhoss/u li mhemmx prottezzjoni edikwata mill-Qrati kif ukoll mill-Pulizija. Jekk ma' sibtx ukoll xi kultant xi pulizija biex jinhabb imur jghid lil aggressur minn ir-rappurtah/hom. Ma' baqa serjeta ta' xejn, anke tara pulizija (l-aktar zaghzagh) jiccaccraw man-nies / zaghzagh. Din x'serjeta HI,dawn qatt ma' rajthom issiru barra l-pajjiz ghax lanqas tissogra thares darbtejn lejhom il-pulizija. Hemm bzonn nibnu mill-gdid id-DIXXIPLINA u trid tibda minn fuq ghal isfel u mhemmx hniena. Minn jghamel xi haga jrid ihallas ghalija, bhalma jkun irid lilu li sirr gustizzja mieghu - NAHSEB !!! Tghajna hafna DRITTIJIET u DMIRIEJIET ftit li xejn (jew inkella mhux qed naraw li jigu attwati).

Emanuel. Vella.

Aug 15th 2012, 08:48

@carmel camenzuli,
possibli,ghadek ma tafx li l-ezempju irrid jibda
mil-awtorita,qorti,ministri u l-kbarat tal-pajjiz l-ewwel,
l-ezempju ikaxkar HABIB TAGHNA.

Emanuel. Vella.

Aug 15th 2012, 08:47

@carmel camenzuli,
possibli,ghadek ma tafx li l-ezempju irrid jibda
mil-awtorita,qorti,ministri u l-kbarat tal-pajjiz l-ewwel,
l-ezempju ikaxkar HABIB TAGHNA.

Valhmor A. Zammit

Aug 15th 2012, 08:35

Had I to attend a court session not wearing a tie I would have been reprimanded and fined for contempt of
court. Thesewere allowed into court wearing nondescript shorts, teeshirts and flipflops and, adding
insult to injury, they were fined a paltry 60euro! What a shame. Our courts, the highest institution (sic) in the country have become the laughing stock of Europe. A veritable charade!!!!

Emanuel. Vella.

Aug 15th 2012, 08:29

DR.FRANCO DEBONO ghandu ragun biex ibiegh.

T Attard

Aug 15th 2012, 07:39

Thank you dear members of the judiciary - we all think our taxes are really going toward the maintenance of law and order thanks to your diligence.

I'd hide my face in shame if I was a judge!

John Azzopoardi

Aug 14th 2012, 23:27

Very sad indeed to see grown men acting the way these four are acting. Wonder, what will become of malta in a few years if we keep going this way. WE supposedly joined the EU, but some maltese have really remained backward.

Ms.D. Galea

Aug 14th 2012, 23:02

60 euro fine for bashing a fellow human being ,turning the courts of law into a circus and sticking your tongue out at the local media during the operative period of a suspended sentence is quite a bargain ; when seen from their point of view.

Manuel Scicluna

Aug 14th 2012, 21:30

Qorti ta min hu l aqwa ihawl.
Sorry, but we really need a reshuffle in our law courts.

Mr leo attard

Aug 14th 2012, 20:54

local justice is a joke! Imagine teachers having students with similar authority-defying attitudes

Joe Sammut

Aug 14th 2012, 20:21

There should be a law which stipulates that fines should go up proportionally to the cost of living .

€60 or Lm 25 was probably a week’s wage when the relevant law was introduced and now applied in this judgment

Ray Borg

Aug 14th 2012, 20:02

Is this a direct message from the second highest institution in Malta?

Are they telling us that one should do as he please, when he please and how he please.

Are we in the land of the untouchables?



I have a few question to ask the concerned authorities.



1. Is it illegal to camp after sunset? As far as i know it is.

Then why did the police do nothing?

Why did Mepa not ordered before the removal of the camps

If like the Major said, he is waiting a bylaw, why did he not voice this before?

How long shall we wait for a full explanation by the party in government?

And when will the PL condemn this barbarian act.



2. Regarding the fine.

I m not into anything legal so, i am ignorant of what the fine should be. I suppose however that it is within the parameters of the law.



If I am right on this, Mr Minister of law, whoever you may be, when will you come out in the open and tell us law abiding Maltese, that you are going to emend the law ion favour of democracy!



I am a law abiding citizen, I pay my taxes as obliged by law. I expect a reply by the authorities, otherwise do not expect me to vote for any party!

Politician's, who ever you may be, show us you have what it takes for you to be worthy of the chair or else do not go to the polls.

This is the time to act...NOW

Rocco Camilleri

Aug 14th 2012, 20:01

Veru tibki jew ma'nafx xtaqbad taghmel meta tara xeni bhal dawn quddiem il-bieb tal-Qorti l-ghola Istuttuzzjoni tal-pajjiz. Fejn kienu l-pulizija li eskortaw lil dawn in-nies biex jitighu l-qorti ?? kif hallewhom jizzuvvjettaw quddiem il-cameras biex qishom qed jghidulna li ma' jibzu minn hadd. U fuq kollox dak huwa lbies biex tidhol l-Qorti, krakar u lbies ta' triq jew hdejn il-bahar. Tahsbu li dawn ir-ritratti se' jiehdu gost bihom it-Turisti li tant irridu li jigu lejn artna ?? Jekk mhux se' jsir xi haga konkreta min minn hu responsabbli l-Kriminilita se' tehodna ( jekk mhux diga hadditna) Il-poplu Guztizzja u Dixxiplina jrid jara fejn dawn kienu gew imweghda hafna !! imma ma' rajnihomx b'nemes. Sa' Franco Debono gibed l-attenzjoni ta' dan. Hemm bzonn illum qabel ghada jsir xi haga ( ghalkemm ma' tantx baqa zmien issa). Biss zgur nahseb li kulhadd irid jara issir din min minn ikun imexxi l-pajjiz u trid tibda mill-iskejjel u l-genituri flimkien.
Is-sigra minn meta tkun zghira trid tirranga mhux meta tikber u dan ma' tajnhiex kasu, jew jekk tajna kien ftit.

David J Cassar

Aug 14th 2012, 19:28

Hey, after all what is there to complain about, at least we make news! Have a look at the Chicago tribune, http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/chi-pod13-malta20120812190142,0,6191190.photo

Very sad but trure!

Caroline McAlister

Aug 14th 2012, 19:16

This is the perverted justice that we have in Malta. No wounder our schools are full of bullies. Any MP irrespective what party he comes from and clearly states that he/she will do their utmost to bring law and order back to our island will be getting my vote.

Joihn Mifsud

Aug 14th 2012, 19:14

What shall we do lough our heads out or cry out loud ???????

Mr l Azzopardi

Aug 14th 2012, 19:10

unbelievable!

Anthony Portelli

Aug 14th 2012, 19:05

MTA please note, the millions that we spent in advertising Malta have literally gone down the murky drain at il-Maghluq.
Thanks to the actions of a few, including the law.

Jonathan Zammit Lapira

Aug 14th 2012, 18:37

Fil-veru sens tal-kelma: MORNA L-BAHAR!!!!!!!!!!!

Robert Donnelly

Aug 14th 2012, 18:32

w lucky those thugs are in MALTA. They should come here to OKLAHOMA, USA. and try to do like that. There would have been 5 corpses with at least one bullet hole in each. 5 against 1, that is enough justification to blow their brains out. Case closed. By the way, its legal here to have a conceled weapon. The judge should resign in SHAME.

Rodrick Cutajar

Aug 14th 2012, 18:31

Il-ligi suppost ghall kulhadd l-istess, ma nemminx fija bla dubju xhin tara dan it-tip ta nies jidhlu l-qorti libsien hekk. John Bundy qal: Pajjis tal-Mickey Mouse. Proset Sur Magistrat tal kawza li qtajt malajr fejn triedu jew fejn jaqbel. Proset keep it up

Joe Morana

Aug 14th 2012, 18:31

In the circumstances given the extent of abusive public land squatters/ encroachment all over the Islands (Armier, Valletta etc..., many wonder how whoever is responsible for Justice, Enviroment and Govenrnent (public ) property can keep a striaght face and stay at their respective postion of responsability . Shame !

matthew tanti

Aug 14th 2012, 18:20

do these guys have social media?

Ivan Falzon

Aug 14th 2012, 18:18

nahseb mhux dawn l akkuzati biss ghandhom aptit jiccajtaw imma anke l pulizija li hadet lil dawn il qorti.
ghalfejn marru daqshekk kmieni u ghalfejn dahhluhom mill bieb principali? haddiehor minn wara jidhol sa fejn naf jien.
u jekk dawn in nies certament m ghandhomx dritt jiehdu u jimlew bajja pubblika bil campijiet taghhom, tant iehor il businessmen li haduna kull bajja li ghandna bl umbrellel u deckchairs, ghandhom jew ma ghandhomx concessions mill gvern. morru sa l ghadira u araw fl liema stat qieghed dal pajjiz - bajja shiha mehuda mill privat

Joseph N. Attard

Aug 14th 2012, 18:16

It has just been explained on TV that the fact that the victim forgave the aggresors determined the quantum of the fine imposed. But is it not obvious to the court (as it is glaringly obvious to the rest of Malta) that this forgivness emanated from a desire of self-preservation of the victim, and of preservation of his new boat lying anchored in the bay some little distance away from the illegal squatters?

Carmel Gatt

Aug 14th 2012, 18:15

A picture of the four biggest oafs and morons on the island especially the second one on the left. The government is spending millions of euros on education and this is the result. As for the judiciary we have grown accustomed now to the honourable judges slapping the wrists of hardened criminals instead of showing the whole island how justice should be administered.

Joe Morana

Aug 14th 2012, 18:15

After all ..Franco Debono was right .. . shame

Joseph Agius

Aug 14th 2012, 18:14

is sewwa jirbah zgur....we're waiting!!

Anthony Borg

Aug 14th 2012, 18:13

Years ago, at my work place, a female colleague commented that if it were possible, she would erect a boundary wall that would split the island in two, from a "certain locality on".

25 years on, I now agree with her.

mark johnson

Aug 14th 2012, 18:11

Lovely postcard

http://i49.tinypic.com/2jd2c1x.jpg

mark johnson

Aug 14th 2012, 18:08

Fancy a postcard design?

http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg846/scaled.php?server=846&filename=welcometomalta.jpg&res=landing

Victor Pulis

Aug 14th 2012, 17:55

I asure everyone that the judiciary is not losing any sleep over the uproar caused by their ridiculous sentence. These untouchables are like ducks. Criticism slides off their backs like water off a duck. They are secure in their high towers.

Lawrence Fenech

Aug 14th 2012, 17:51

Somehow they remind me of the 4 stooges.

vella m

Aug 14th 2012, 17:48

Shame on our Law courts,Franco Debono is right.

Lawrence Fenech

Aug 14th 2012, 17:44

What is missing in the picture is the tent and the bucket and spade.

M Sciberras

Aug 14th 2012, 17:43

It's the first time I feel ashamed to say I am Maltese. In the court hearing the victim was described as having forgiven these people. The victim is a hard working man whose boat is moored next to where these gentlemen have pitched their tents. It was fear that in all likelihood made the victim publicly forgive them - justified fear, as neither police nor courts offer protection to law abiding citizens in Malta. Go to Paceville on a Saturday night or just drive along our roads, and that's all the evidence you need. To the lawyers, the whole court system, the police, to successive governments for failing, over the years, to prevent thugs like these from ruling the rest of us - isthu.

Adrian Grech

Aug 14th 2012, 17:32

in nies irabjati ghal multa ta 60 euro u li dawn qed jghaddu z-zmien bil gustizzja.

Andrew James Brown

Aug 14th 2012, 17:32

So when I want to contest a parking ticket, I have to wear not only a tie but also a jacket, even in the middle of Summer. But people accused of violent crime caught on camera face the Judge in their beach clothes? I dont understand....

David Galea

Aug 14th 2012, 17:29

Community work would have been a better sentence. At least they would have given something back to the society especially to the people of Marsaxlokk by cleaning the beach etc.

Ethelbert Schembri

Aug 14th 2012, 17:28

And for those expecting any reaction from anyone responsable, just to remind you that when it come to responsibility here in Malta no one is responsable... The least they will do is to pick the most vulnerable and throw everything on him AS ALWAYS !!

Mr Alfred Baldacchino

Aug 14th 2012, 17:25

Sa fejn naf jien, meta jkun hemm dawn it-tip ta arresti, il-mixlija jghadduhom mill-bieb ta wara tal-Qorti. Le ?

John Attard

Aug 14th 2012, 17:21

The prosecution should have appealed against such a punishment at law. It makes a real mockery of the police force. Next time around the police would not even come along whilst the brawl is still on. Really is society going to sit there and not face these five pundits.
I would be no 1 to go to Molokai and bring down all the tents nowwwwwwwwwwwww. The only justice in this country is done if one takes the law in his hands.

Josef Borg

Aug 14th 2012, 17:18

Sfortunatament is-south ta Malta mimli b'dat-tip ta nies.

George Camilleri

Aug 14th 2012, 17:18

The state has the obligation to protect citizens from such louts. Will the punishment given serve this purpose? If not, the authorities should realize that the louts will soon outnumber the victims. And please, let's not have these 'celebrities' invited to Xarabank and asked about their difficult upbringing...

Ronnie Callus

Aug 14th 2012, 17:18

Do the Justice Minister allow such behaviour infront of the Law Courts ??? If left going by the wind it's a SHAME for our supposed JUSTICE. They wanted to be seen by the Public to see what kind of persons they are. What culture is this ???? Police and Magistrates are frightened by them or what ??? It's useless to give higher wages and not giving support to the police .

R. Gauci

Aug 14th 2012, 17:13

Il-bierah kellna prova ta` min qed jirrovina dal-pajjiz, enough said. (Mhux qed nghid ghal dawn tar-ritratt ghax dawn bir-ragun jiccelebraw).

Joseph John Camilleri

Aug 14th 2012, 17:12

Nisthi nghid li jien Malti.

Mario Farrugia

Aug 14th 2012, 17:09

I would be having a laugh (at the judiciary system) as well,...... and tempted to throw another punch to the next guy who dares coming close to my illegal caravan/camper

P. Vincenti

Aug 14th 2012, 17:06

The cost for being a lout is pretty low.

Ronnie Callus

Aug 14th 2012, 17:02

Jistu jghidulna fejn kienu jitfu l-materjal naturali ? Ghax dawn qalu li ma' kienux ihhamgu l-ambjent, Nispera li mhux se' jghidula li hadu Mobile Public Convenience maghhom ukoll. Ta' min jara daqsxejn din - Health Inspectors jew MEPA, araw lil min minnkom tikkoncerna.

Joseph Micallef

Aug 14th 2012, 17:02

x'tahsbu li intom? xi super-cowboys? L-arja mhux ma dak li ghafastu mal-van ghamluha izda ma xi erba li ma jibzawx minnhom bhali. X'tahsbu li intom? Tahsbu li se twerwru u tiddemoralizzaw il-pajjiz? Anqas mill-qrati ma tisthu? Mortu quddiem l-ghola istituzzjoni tal-gudizzju tal-pajjiz lebsin qiskom sejrin il-monti?

ISTHU jekk tafu.

Francis Saliba M.D.

Aug 14th 2012, 16:58

The loutish behaviour of these ignorant criminals pales into insignificance when compared with with the insult hurled at the suffering populace by the cultured officialdom of the law courts.

Ethelbert Schembri

Aug 14th 2012, 16:58

Thinking about it .. We have Ministers, politicians, and individuals that power play everyone here in Malta that give examples to individuals like these, so we shouldn't be so surprised !!

D Vella

Aug 14th 2012, 16:56

Can someone explain to me why these individuals were not fined for contempt of court, assuming that they entered attired in that slovenly fashion??

Ray Buhagiar

Aug 14th 2012, 16:54

304 comments and no reaction from anyone responsible about justice, environment.

Ronnie Callus

Aug 14th 2012, 16:51

These lot and others doing the same illegality should be called and told to pay by MEPA for using illegally government property. With regards to the court penalty it looks nonsense.

John Williams

Aug 14th 2012, 16:42

hekk sew u jien ghax kelli nidher quddiem magistrat, habba citazzjoni ghal ftit ma kienux se jhalluni nithol ghax kont bla ingravata, fejn insejta fil karozza. go shana ta 37C.

ONLY IN MALTA

Stephen Mangion

Aug 14th 2012, 16:41

shame on these people

Mark Scicluna

Aug 14th 2012, 16:37

Just been to the area in question to check what's all the fuss and,guess what? these thugs surrounded the tiny piece of sandy beach in the area with their own cars and set up their camps on the sand.If that's not illegal I don't know what is. And they've got the nerve to beat anyone who dares to speak up! I'm putting my tent up at Golden bay !

Dunstan Crockford

Aug 14th 2012, 16:34

It roughly works out at 5 Euros per punch! Cheaper than any Gym on the Island...or any funfair!

Ethelbert Schembri

Aug 14th 2012, 16:33

What happend, this photo and the sentence given are not only a disgrace towards the Court of Justice but also to the entire Maltese state and all those that live according to the written law and according to the very basic etiquette.
The action of these individuals and the sentence given are a proof that those that break the law are those that enjoy the most benefits.

I from my part don't want to believe in that and still think that it is much better if we all live respecting each other.

J Antida Cordina

Aug 14th 2012, 16:33

Well said exactly my point of view but anyhow nothing will change. Wicchom jixhed xi kwalita ta nies huma umbaghad min tahsbu li hu k-iktar wiehed pruzuntuz fosthom.? Bis supporters tal- Belt riedu jaghmlu show il qrati tas suppost gustizzja Joe Borg please note and even the prime minister. Bhall dal judging se naraw hafne il quddiem bir riformi u IZ_ZIEDA fil pagi? Ajma hej .Free for all kulhadd jiehu il- ligi b'idejh. Xebgha bhall dik mank kellhom id dizgrizzjon li jhallsulu l-ispejjez medici . Shame . Disgrace on Malta

A Camilleri

Aug 14th 2012, 16:28

Incredible outrage by all those who wrote below ..... and the views are unanimous. The least I expect is for the magistrate's decision to be challenged, reversed and culprits severely fined; and for MEPA to have dismantled the camps by latest this evening. U mhux naraw lil MEPA izzarma xi karma fx' ghalqa mwarba.

A Camilleri

Aug 14th 2012, 16:28

Incredible outrage by all those who wrote below ..... and the views are unanimous. The least I expect is for the magistrate's decision to be challenged, reversed and culprits severely fined; for the magistrate to be censured by the competent body; and for MEPA to have dismantled the camps by latest this evening. U mhux naraw lil MEPA izzarma xi karma fx' ghalqa mwarba.

keith chetcuti

Aug 14th 2012, 16:26

taqla xeba ponn u kullma wahlu 60 euro u ejja come on fejnhom il gustizzja ta malta

Barney Camilleri

Aug 14th 2012, 16:20

Is this the state our justice system has become?
My goodness here we have four gentlemen presenting themselves to be seen in court, or have been seen by the court. Sitting on the steps of the Law Court. Well at least one is cleaning his toe. HA!
This is not the way one show respect to our courts, it follow if we have no respect to the court who is left to respect as an authority?

Charles Abela

Aug 14th 2012, 16:18

This event is a wake up call to those concerned.

That is a clear, frontal, insult, a mockery to one of our Island’s highest institutions. I am sure Politicians from both side of the house will rise up to that challenge, and take those barbarians to task, if need be with harsher laws or for the Courts applying the maximum of the existing ones.

Feeling assured as betrayed by the photo, the ones in the picture (and others perhaps) will become bolder.

Thousands of law abiding citizens will be watching the next move in this degrading episode, and will want quick answers. Please, no apologetic statements or half measures by the authorities concerned.

cesco di luigi

Aug 14th 2012, 16:17

I envy these guys. The one with the tongue..I can only dream of what I would do if I had a tongue like that. And look at the one in the left moustache..I've been growing a moustache over 35 years and never reached that lovely paint brush level. The tattoos I think are to be admired. And the size of the chains around the one in the right of the picture..amazing he could stay afloat in the bay with that amount of the gold stuff. But most of all I admire these guys because here we are moaning and groaning about everything under the sun and these guys actually can ENJOY themselves on a small stretch of sand (ugh horrible) overloooked by a power station in this terrible rih isfel inside tents all crammed like Bombay slums only there are no rickshaws around. An they do smoke and drink Coke so they're doing something for the economy too. If they were school children they would have a great story for one of my favourite topics "A day by the seaside"Mayybe someone can encourage them to take up adult literary classes or something?

Mr Kenneth Zammit Tabona

Aug 14th 2012, 16:16

with 278 online comments, is it not about time that we got some reaction?

Robert Mifsud

Aug 14th 2012, 16:16

Pity they were taken off their beach property to attend Court. But it was such fun, after all. The joke is on us, Maltese law-abiding timid fellows.

martin chetcuti

Aug 14th 2012, 16:15

''Creme de la Creme ' of a rotten society. Poor souls they do not know any better except showing off there shabiness together with there bullying....

Oswald Spiteri

Aug 14th 2012, 15:53

I would suggest that someone would do a CARNIVAL FLOAT for next year, and the prime figure should be
a replica of the man with his huge tongue out, and his mates included in the float. Of course the carnival float should be a mechanised one, so that they have their fists moving around !!!

anthony sultana

Aug 14th 2012, 15:53

Dose people that they camp in Ramla l Hamra in Gozo ,they been camping there for ages, do they have permits to camp all summer long?

G Buhagiar

Aug 14th 2012, 15:50

Jekk in-nies irrabbjaw ghax raw din ix-xena fuq it-Times hi iktar tal-misthija meta tisma' li l-Qorti ta' Malta taghhom multa ta' €60. Din tal-misthija zgur!! Iktar jaghmlu n-nies meta jaraw sentenzi bhal dawn...

James Mistruzzi

Aug 14th 2012, 15:50

Yes / No / Not Sure

Yes - They should have been fined more
Yes - Community Service would be beneficial to all
No - The Dress Code is not a real issue related to the crime, but should be reviewed.
Not Sure - How do we truly change this? Does anyone have any "realistic and concrete" suggestions on how to move forward?

Giov DeMartino

Aug 14th 2012, 15:43

A 20 year old Mosta lad was watching a football match at Ta Qali stadium with rival supporters teasing one another. THis lad was spotted by a policeman sticking out his middle finger at the rival supporters. He was escorted out of the ground, taken to court and fined E 70.

anthony sultana

Aug 14th 2012, 15:39

Il - problema qi li l- kbarat ta Malta u Ghawdex jaraw in- nies dubbien, u ma jinpurtuhomx mill l-ugieh ta kuljum li jikagunaw lilna n-nies iz- zghar.

Analise Deguara

Aug 14th 2012, 15:35

Pajjiz tal - Micky Mouse, hekk konna u ghadna nghixu!

Daniel Orsini

Aug 14th 2012, 15:28

the thing i hate most here is comments from people who think they know it all. this is not ethics. ok lets start from the main thing. these 5 people did nothing wrong by putting the caravans for a week to have some relax time after a year full of hard days work, regarding who wrote MEPA di nothing on this he is totally wrong because MEPA went there and gave them a date when they should take off the caravans ( its a normal proceture my friend if you are living in Malta) so the had time till monday 13/8/12. regarding the fight if you see the argument well there was only a slight case where even the 'victim' admited it in court. and forgave them. regarding the shorts and POLICE well this issue is a total show of YOU not know what is going on. the police decided and they have the right to start a court urgent action because as we well know the media was fimimng so the case got some publicity so it leaves no other alternative for the police to take fast actions, so when the accused appered in court they didn't knew that they are going to court because on monday they arrested them and after a few hours they appiered. so what the ... is going on in This island where all this boom is on only a small argument with only one slight hit. ufff you people it looks like you have nothing to discuss on. if all the cases in Mlata courts will be treated like this imagin what a disaster. the thing is that the Police, the Judge and the victim all understood this fact and it was arrange from better sides to every one. do you all know that after court the vitim and all the accused where walking and talking and laughing with eachother in Republic streets and they became friends ?????? just open your mind because you are keeping our country looks like the 3 rd world thinkers.

Rita C Grima

Aug 14th 2012, 15:25

Just before noon someone asked, “Why are we in such a mess?”. Yes, and how can we correct it? I believe this is a question of social values being eroded at best or absent at worst. If social values are a collective mirror of personal values, why do we have such unfortunate specimen amongst us maltese citizens? Maltese values it seems have taken a downword plunge over the past 30 years or so. Is it because we have decided to do without God but cannot make it on our own? What has happened to authority figures and social institutions which used to mark us with social values in the past? What have we replaced them with? Hand on heart, what am I doing in order to create healthy values in the little world I live and work in; to sustain them, defend and enforce them and upgrade them as this fast life rolls by?

Rita C Grima

J Galea

Aug 14th 2012, 15:25

If the courts are not respected who do they have to blame after meting out €60 fines? Aggression in public is a serious offense in civilized countries.

Sebastian Micallef

Aug 14th 2012, 15:24

The accused where fined 60 Euro each (Total 300 Euro), can the Minister say how much did it cost the tax payers for taking these five people to Court?

As next week I am summoned to Court can I go in my sleeveless T shirt, shorts, open sandals etc not to forget a bottle of soft drink, or will I be in contempt of the Court?

Kurt Vella

Aug 14th 2012, 15:21

perfect role models for their kids!

Ronald Cauchi

Aug 14th 2012, 15:18

I say they deserve a medal for showing the contempt we all feel towards our courts and judiciary but are all too chicken to show ourselves!

P. Ciantar

Aug 14th 2012, 15:16

shame on these peolple

M Zammit

Aug 14th 2012, 15:06

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151022180103751&set=a.488099308750.262859.727933750&type=1&theater

James Grech

Aug 14th 2012, 15:06

Name and shame these thugs!!!

Paul Sammut

Aug 14th 2012, 15:04

Stupid sentence especially since one of them had a suspended sentence. What is a suspended sentence for ? The Attorney General and the police should appeal so at least the courts have another chance to show who is really in control here !

Gino Borg

Aug 14th 2012, 15:02

Where is Chuck Norris when you need him?! The situation would surely have led to a different outcome.
These five low-lifes of society need a well-deserved whopping given that proper justice has not been served.

Ray Buhagiar

Aug 14th 2012, 15:02

I think both parliament and the AG should review the magistrate decision. From the comments below and the general public angry reaction an explanation by the Police, AG and Minister for justice should be made.

Joanna Bonello

Aug 14th 2012, 14:55

Doesn't this picture make you proud that you are maltese ??

Tony Sciberras

Aug 14th 2012, 14:48

They should have been fined 100 euro alone for contemp of court, presenting themselves infront of the judge in shorts.

E. Azzopardi

Aug 14th 2012, 14:48

All this shows the sorry state of our country. It seems that this is what the citizens deserve. At least this is the message I ( and I believe the vast majority of law abiding citizens) get.

When you see elderly people do this one says that they are on the way out. But when you see the young ones acting like this, then even hope starts to fade.

We need a government which can govern efficiently and effectively. Sorry, I cannot see it with what we have and with what we shall get. Very sad but true.

GL Calleja

Aug 14th 2012, 14:41

More proof that our courts are out of tune with the rest of Europe. This sentence is an embarrassment and an injustice. I still want to ask if the Magistrate banned these thugs from camping on the beach at Marsaxlokk where the incident occurred. The tent people took the law into their own hands and started to beat up on this man and the magistrate fines them €60 each for bad behaviour? So far I have not met or found anybody, except for the defense lawyer, that does not agree that this sentence was ridiculous at best.
This is 2012 and our courts seem to be in worse shape yet. Sentences like these are nothing but a disgrace to our courts. Some call this country tal- Mickey Mouse and the courts are proving it. Wake up Dr Gonzi.

Charles Zammit

Aug 14th 2012, 14:38

The picture says it all . Says nothing for the judiciary though !!

j brincat

Aug 14th 2012, 14:31

"The norm is for smart clothes, including jacket and tie"

In this tropical heat I wouldn't go this far!

But certainly NOT t-shirts and shorts.

Perhaps long trousers and a white (or any pale colour) shirt with an open collar - in summer!

You would be amazed at the way people dress to attend the Court.

But then not all citizens of Malta work in offices most of which are air conditioned (and rightly so).




(jb)

Philip Mizzi

Aug 14th 2012, 14:28

Guess what? This whole incident is making news abroad as well!

http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/chi-pod13-malta20120812190142,0,6191190.photo

Dnub ma tissemiex il-multa wkoll.

john bundy

Aug 14th 2012, 14:27

Ghaziz Karl Consiglio,

"They look like a Rock Band"

Hu naqra pacenzja u tinsulentax il-muzika rock, grazzi.

Eddie Vella

Aug 14th 2012, 14:27

Tajba din tokupha art tal-pubbluku thammeg il-bahar bil-hmieg li jaghmlu ghax nislu bil caravan Marsaxlokk qisu kullimkien taghhom dawn? kemm ser ndumu sejrin hekk hawn Malta. kullhadd jabuza ghax forsi ghandu xi qaddis u jekk tmur titkellem taqla xebba liema bhala u min jaqla xebba joqghod miskin muguh u min jaghtija jehel 60 euros biss hasbu li ghax ghandhom qaddis u sahha jaghmlu li irridu u guztizzja zomm maghhom, viva dan pajjiz u viva injoranza tan-nies

j brincat

Aug 14th 2012, 14:19

But who is having a hefty pay rise?



(jb)

Marie Borg

Aug 14th 2012, 14:18

How some one in authority has not heard of this case and seen this picture is beyond me. As it seems they do not care of the mockery that is being taken and the anger of good taxpayers that camp nowhere and return home after a day at the beach. UNBELIEVABLE 2012

Matt Borgde

Aug 14th 2012, 14:15

Tal misthija certu affarijiet. Din wahda mil affarijiet.

Mark Demicoli

Aug 14th 2012, 14:14

x'disgrazzja jahasra!

Mr Edwin Vella

Aug 14th 2012, 14:11

Before renewing ID cards introduce Society worthy test, that is (Bath, shave, hair cut and manners). Uncivilized should be denied an ID card.

Russell Fenech

Aug 14th 2012, 14:10

mela mela u jien ghax pejjipt sigarett go club bla ma tajt fastidju l hadd wehilt daqs kemm wehlu 4 minnhom fdaqqa. dik gustizzja e !!!

Mr Joe Frendo

Aug 14th 2012, 14:09

How much does a brawl costs in Maltese lira ... €60 * 0.4293 = Lm25.78 per person including VAT

JF

Alexander Pace Gouder.

Aug 14th 2012, 14:09

VIVA......................!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You remember one of the songs in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Maybe they were singing in Shorts and Shirts and changed the words to: 60 Euro - HIP HIP HURRA. OFF to the Beach we go - It is so hot., it is so hot HIP HIP HURRA.

Fran Abela

Aug 14th 2012, 14:05

What is MEPA waiting for to take the necessary action and make them leave the area. Do we have to wait for two weeks or more - when summer is nearly over ? My only comment regarding this sad lot is - might is right for them.

Joseph Tabone

Aug 14th 2012, 14:04

€60 ? WELCOME TO DISNEYWORLD

Ronnie Callus

Aug 14th 2012, 14:01

Of course picture draws angry reactions by many !!! the picture all say it, they are not seen bothering so much infront the court building. (or showing a sign of sympathy for their doings) .

Jo Meli

Aug 14th 2012, 14:01

Complete BREAKDOWN of Law and Order !!!

About time JUSTICE is delivered by the People instead of the HIGHLY PAID.

Alex Tanti

Aug 14th 2012, 14:00

Qorti tal mickey mouse ... Mela tahqar annimal tehel il habz (tajjeb, naqbel) .. imma mbad ala 'tahqar' persuna u tehel 60eu biss??

John Vella

Aug 14th 2012, 13:59

5 handsome man

Fran Abela

Aug 14th 2012, 13:58

Creme de la creme. Quo Vadis Malta - are we sinking in the depths of the neanderthal man.

Mr Joe Frendo

Aug 14th 2012, 13:56

So ......... €60 *0.4293 = Lm25.78 cents!!!

No Comments!

Saviour Aquilina

Aug 14th 2012, 13:54

For me the Justice is Micky Mouse. They must get a €500.00 fine not €60.00. On the photo and video they looks that are arrogance.

Norman E Grech

Aug 14th 2012, 13:51

Qieghed sew eh!!

The 4 musketeers! I say 4, as at least one of them has the decency to hide his face!

K. Muscat

Aug 14th 2012, 13:49

Il-ligijiet mhux ghal kulhadd xorta!!

Ms loranne zammit

Aug 14th 2012, 13:48

the irony is that this news was given too much importance and too much exposure by the media!

Joseph Casha

Aug 14th 2012, 13:48

I'm confused, is it 60 euro per punch or 60 euro for beating someone up? i am interested as i need to budget my expenditures for next month....

Colin Attard

Aug 14th 2012, 13:47

Where we searching for a building in Valletta for the Carnival Fleet enthusiasts? I’ve spotted the perfect place that comes complete with its own clowns free of charge. I’m being sarcastic but in reality, it’s simply Shocking.

Ms loranne zammit

Aug 14th 2012, 13:47

once unfortunately i had to be present in a case at law courts. while waiting there were 2 women who appeared in front of the judge in an undecent manner. when asked a police about how this undecent attire was tollerated at COJ he remarked that if a person is caught there and then while being outside and is taken to courts it is accepted that the person enters COJ with the clothes they have on them at the time being.

Arnold Sultana

Aug 14th 2012, 13:33

VIVA MALTA U L-MALTIN...............MOB RULES !!!

carmel muscat

Aug 14th 2012, 13:30

veru gustizja tac cajt hawn go malta mux sew li ax jigu jaqu uiqumu mil pulizzija certu nies jehelsuwa hafif mil guztizja

Etienne Galea

Aug 14th 2012, 13:24

@M. Degiorgio : you must be kidding me about evidence on this case, right?

vella m

Aug 14th 2012, 13:23

And the best comment so far is by, Paul Attard Baldacchino

Today, 12:20.

"". Sometime I think they should introduce a VRT for people here in Malta"" LOL

Colin Mallia

Aug 14th 2012, 13:21

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20100520/local/swieqi-man-fined-500-over-facebook-comment.308073

Marru ahjar min dan miskin

Tony Bonello

Aug 14th 2012, 13:21

Shame on the security personnel who left them in, a year ago I was not allowed inside the court building just to pick up a document from the court's registery cause the security said my trousers needed to be under the anckel. These bullies where let inside not only the court but also inside the court room with a small fine of 60 euro.

Lucienne Dimech

Aug 14th 2012, 13:20

We are rightfully complaining about the behaviour and attire of these so called people, but being charged only 60 euro is telling them keep on breaching g the laws . I am sure they must have laughed it out loud on hearing their comic sentence. Of course had they been naked teenagers having a dip in the water matters would have been much different. It seems that in Valletta there are comedy theatres one called parliament the other law courts. What a humorous lot we all are.

Robert Henry Bugeja

Aug 14th 2012, 13:16

Is sistema gudizjarja taghna tinsab marida.

Joe Busuttil

Aug 14th 2012, 13:16

Wonder what the tourists must be thinking of our poor capital. On entering they see the cleft in the wall ,which passes as City Gate,then the new parliament building,which reminds one of an egg carton,and then the roofless opera house ,which can pass for a tennis court. But the jewel in the crown must be seeing these hill billies sitting on the law court's door step. Unique place ,Malta. And soon the time will come when we have to go out with a concealed weapon tho defend ourselves from such bullies. Trouble is that it will be us who get the blame and end up in jail.

stephen mifsud

Aug 14th 2012, 13:14

se tinqalla wahda kbira aw Malta issa tarraw hbieb ibqaw sejjrin ek u naraw wahda mill kbarr ajjma gbizza ?
the class division is wideining for huge explosion nies ....

Simon Vella

Aug 14th 2012, 13:11

It shows the sorry state of our law courts, and many, included me, critisized Franco Debono for highlighting these problems. Where is justice? For our magistrates, the fact that you sentence someone to jail for possessing a joint is preserving the law and then these heroes walk away free. Like some comments earlier, can't the police appeal the sentence? And is the magistrate satisfied with the outcome of his sentence??? Our country is a farce, what's most important that we inaugurate squares, roads, shake hands with people, smiling and boasting how much we're moving forward. What a joke!!!!!!!!!!!!!

josmar cilia

Aug 14th 2012, 13:08

Pajjiz tal mickey mouse!!! Daqqa ta ponn lil min trid ghal prezz ta 60 euros. U le!!!!! Xejn sew.com

Carmelo Aquilina

Aug 14th 2012, 13:08

look at them repenting their crime..... !!

Hossam Helwani

Aug 14th 2012, 13:08

from this picture it is evidently clear that there is no respect for law and order

a very black day for Malta. No respect for law means that there is a serious deterioration of values, which means the social order is at high risk of collapsing.

V. CALLEJA

Aug 14th 2012, 13:08

ONLY IN MALTA

Angelo Vassallo

Aug 14th 2012, 13:01

@ Adrian P. Cassar

Illegal squatters in armier were there since mintoff allowed it.

But this is not the point. The point is the very arrogant attitude these low class people (hamilli) towards the court and towards the Maltese people. That hamallu with his tongue out was addressing ALL OF US including you adrian p. cassar



with a promise to legalise them.....so why is everyone surprised that these people are trying to do the same? I bet that the illegal tent village in armier will not be removed. Not even if one of us goes to armier and gets punched up in the process!!

stephen mifsud

Aug 14th 2012, 12:59

Malta is a joke of a country but a jewel as an island which we trest very badly and its much worse are forfathers are turning in there graves as we sre ruining this island to bits . the losers in all this are the Maltese people who love there homeland and APPRECIATE IT ,!!!!

Kevin Muller

Aug 14th 2012, 12:59

Oh yeah ! This guys are so cool ! You can read in their eyes that they got taught a lession by the courts. There is just the question : What they have learned ? Shame,shame, shame, no more to say.

Ron Cassar

Aug 14th 2012, 12:53

one can contemplate pitching a tent in St.Georges's square....it takes 16 days to be evicted...deal!

T.F. Busuttil

Aug 14th 2012, 12:53

l-Avukat Generali ghandu japella. Dawn bejnithom wehlu €300 li spejjes kienu ferm akbar. Intbghat messagg hazin , biex kullhadd jghamel li jrid.

Ruth Muscat

Aug 14th 2012, 12:52

Some people are unteachable in life. But we cannot give up. So we need to do some thinking fast of how to control them as best we can.

Dee Williams

Aug 14th 2012, 12:51

What a shining example they are to our younger generation..... Well done to the man who stood up to them though, i'm sure a lot of people would not have had the courage. 60 euro fine bet they were laughing their heads off !!!!

P Mizzi

Aug 14th 2012, 12:51

The paltry fine of €60 is a sick joke that makes mockery of the law courts and here they are laughing at us!!

Mr Andrew Camilleri

Aug 14th 2012, 12:49

I demand that MEPA and the Police issue a statement to tell us law abiding taxpayers why; (1) MEPA has not issued an enforcement notice before this brawl; (2) why give the tent owners 16 days to remove the tents; and (3) why the police have not moved againt these law breakers, ordered them out and charged them with illegal occupation of the beach, apart from the filth and dirt they have created.

M Micallef

Aug 14th 2012, 12:44

Marru sal-Ghadira hey!

Lawrence Fenech

Aug 14th 2012, 12:42

Min jerfa idejh fuq hadd iehor mohhu vojt, injorant u ma jafx jirraguna. Postu mhux qal in-nies.

Ms. P.M Graham

Aug 14th 2012, 12:42

I think the emphasis on the attire of this group is the least of our worries. Of course they should have been better turned out to appear in Court but did they have an opportunity to either go home for clothes or have clothes brought to them. We don't know.

This story like many has blown up and will disappear into the ashes in the next couple of days, without anything being achieved.

The fine they received sends entirely the wrong message and I do think that community service has to seriously considered. Starting here: http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20120812/local/mriehel-rats.432446

and it needs to start with the yobs who roam the streets on a daily basis, who know they can get away with it, climbing on cars, urinating in shop doors, alleyways, throwing beer bottles, harassing shopkeepers, damaging public property, private gardens etc because if it doesn't the above picture is going to be standard.

Slap them hard on a first offense and they may change their attitudes.

Who however am I kidding though? It will never happen, unless the Police Force is doubled and the beat officers are put back on the streets.

Carmel Muscat

Aug 14th 2012, 12:42

Il pulizija ghanda tapella mis sentenza

B Ellul

Aug 14th 2012, 12:40

Prosit again! Veru pajiz bla gustizzja!

James Camilleri

Aug 14th 2012, 12:39

Malta has been going downhill over the years. Hamallagini and bullying are on the increase. Walking along the streets of our towns and villages one cannot help in noticing the bullying attitude of young men and the cheap way girls dress up. In stead of making progress in this respect we are regressing. Maybe this is all due to bad parenting, or it is a maliase of our society. We are becoming more and more egoistic - expecting to have things which we are not legally entitled to. Illegal boathouses, illegal camping, illegal hunting and trapping. But we are also allowed to do egoistical things which are condoned in a legal way - letting off of fireworks at any time of day and night, closing of roads due to need to monkey around in honour of our village patron saint and thus disrupting traffic and being an inconvenience to others who aren't interested. Law courts are becoming toothless and that is why such behaviour is on the increase. The law is passing all the worng messages - mainly that lawlessness and wrong doing are trivial matters. The above post is excellent. We need more of such like minded people arround at least to balance a bit the hamalli.

Anthony Borg

Aug 14th 2012, 12:38

As Onslow would say, “Nice!”
---------------
Meaning of showing the tongue:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071229131326AA54lAp

Early man was living in small groups or packs. The males, when showing aggression, mistrust or fear would stand erect, thus exposing the genitals as a threat. In modern society, this would be highly frowned on. Showing the tongue takes the place of showing the genitals, though it has exactly the same meaning.

Rupert Grech

Aug 14th 2012, 12:35

Unfortunately it seems that as in other Western democracies, it seems that the judiciary will supervise a continuing downward spiral in standards of community and individual behavior, refusing to act as is begged for by that part of the community with decent standards

Antoine Zammit

Aug 14th 2012, 12:34

squatters squatting!

N Azzopardi

Aug 14th 2012, 12:34

May I ask. How much is the fine (contempt of court) for a woman to appear in front of Magistrate sleaveless and a man without a tie & jacket ? Maybe Euro 60. Then it means that for punching someone in the face the fine is Euro 0.

C Pace

Aug 14th 2012, 12:33

Anarchy at its best.

N Azzopardi

Aug 14th 2012, 12:31

SHAME when one realises that this site is on the net. It can be seen all around the world. Not a good advert for Malta. The damage that these guys caused to our Island and to the Maltese public should be penalised much more then the fine they got from the MAgistrate.

Guy Mahoney

Aug 14th 2012, 12:30

Is it possible that the magistrate who dealt with this 'case', after seeing all these angry comments, feels justice has been (and seem to have been) done? I believe the people need better protection from our courts after all WE PAY for the courst, its employees, magistrates and judges. The administration of our Law Cours should be ashamed of this situation.

Thomas Rubicon

Aug 14th 2012, 12:28

The Divide is getting longer day by day.

I would rather be poor and destitute instead of in the (forceful) company of such drift.
If at all possible I would cross the street rather than be in midst of such.

Adrian P. Cassar

Aug 14th 2012, 12:26

Let us not forget that Lawrence Gonzi decided to reward illegal squatters in armier with a promise to legalise them.....so why is everyone surprised that these people are trying to do the same? I bet that the illegal tent village in armier will not be removed. Not even if one of us goes to armier and gets punched up in the process!!

Paul Attard Baldacchino

Aug 14th 2012, 12:20

Well done. This country could have just told them " Do it again, you will get away with it easily and hurt other people in the process". Sometime I think they should introduce a VRT for people here in Malta

John L Galea

Aug 14th 2012, 12:19

I wonder also how were they let to attend court dressed up in beachwear? Giving them a €60 sentence is just a joke...the judicial system in Malta is just a failed joke and an insult to good citizens. The picture just says it all.

J Camilleri

Aug 14th 2012, 12:19

x gustizzja hi???? tal misthija!!!

J Camilleri

Aug 14th 2012, 12:17

mhux ha nikkumenta fuq dawn il-"Hillbillies" jew "red necks".

ha nikkumenta fuq il paroli biss!!! ghaliex ingergru biss u niktbu posts twal u tqal biex nuru li ahna intelligenti!
bil kitba u qrid mhux ha naghmlu xejn!! ingergru kontra il gvern u meta tigi l elezjoni ninsew kollox li nkunu ghaddejna minnu tul is snin!!

John L Galea

Aug 14th 2012, 12:16

Hamalli united...il-cowboys ta' Malta!!

andreana attard

Aug 14th 2012, 12:16

Pictures speak louder than words! This photo will remain iconically famous, I'm sure.

joseph spiteri

Aug 14th 2012, 12:15

Do these people believe they can do what they like because somebody supports them? They are mistaken and time will tell.

Ian Glazier

Aug 14th 2012, 12:15

Are these people Maltese or Gypsies?

Bernard Manduca

Aug 14th 2012, 12:11

€60. Handy precedent. If you're that way inclined it sound like good value. Just smash some stranger in the face for the thrill of it. Cheaper than a round of drinks. Oh, and if you have a suspended sentence don't worry. It is not considered serious enough to get you back in.

Mr Andrew Camilleri

Aug 14th 2012, 12:07

Are their tents still in place at Il-Maghluq? If yes, then I do not blame these guys for laughing. They have a lot to be happy about as they have defeated the forces of law and order in this country.

Dave Alan Caruana

Aug 14th 2012, 12:06

Recently I got sent out of a court room because my shirt wasn't tucked into my trousers (it is summer, and I normally wear my shirt out) ... I had complied to the requirements to have a jacket and tie on ... I wonder how these twits were allowed and tolerated in a court room - they should have been fined, at the minimum, for contempt of court. Also, the sentences handed down are a joke! Sometimes I wonder who the real jokers are .. if it's bullies like these, or the people running our courts who allow them to get away with it.

Mark Galea

Aug 14th 2012, 12:05

Hamallagni sfrenata! I think they should have been severely punished even for their outrageous contempt of the law. Having said that, the Facebook comment 'Why should uneducated sots like these have the same democratic rights as a high court judge or a surgeon?' is unethical and terribly snobbish. I am neither. However, education is knowing how to behave onself, particularly in public.

m. borg (slm)

Aug 14th 2012, 12:05

Kellu ragun Franco Debono jikkritika l-operat ta' CMB meta kellu l-ministeru tal-gustizzja u gfhandu ghalfejn jerga jgorr ghaliex bil-ministru Said donnu l-affarijiet baqghu kif kienu.

Ghajb ghal minn ikkundanna lil dawn l-erba €60 biss, li kont jien mhux inqas minn €1000 kull wiehed u xaghrejn servizz fil-komunita..

Dak li kellu sentenza pendenti kien jibda jiskonta.

Ghajb ghal qrati taghna, fejn hi l-vera gustizzja.

Mark Edward Mifsud

Aug 14th 2012, 12:03

Ignorance is Bliss !!

Joe Xuereb

Aug 14th 2012, 12:03

@ Tanja Cilia (Today, 10:40). Tanja, in my mid-morning daze, I had missed the fifth one, a shy creature who does not want to be photographed picking at his toe-nails and nibbling the bits and spitting them out, no doubt. I'm not kidding. I can imagine the type.

@ Mr Joe Frendo (Today, 10:36). Mr. Frendo, when cases take eight years to come to Court, we complain. On this occasion at least it was dealt with as urgent. For once judges and lawyers were forced to get off their arse, like pronto! (not forgetting that these, and other 'respectable' leaders in our society let us down and this could be part of the problem). People who see themselves as victims of the System often rebel and react. Hopefully, a piffling fine will prevent this but only until the next time. Let us hope that this sorry incident stops here. Reactionary criminal behaviour is never excusable for criminality but the ignorant will latch onto anything to justify their criminal minds. This we know. Getting this lot to wear suits would have been punishment enough (they wouldn't own suits). In suits they would look right idiots. And the one on the near left, the tattooed one with the venomous snake eyes would have come out in a rash and an itch in places where the sun don't shine. I can imagine his copious tattoos under a beautifully laundered white shirt. The one on the right shielding his 'toenail-picking protege' thinks he is 'it' because of the typical heavy metals on his wrists. The type who wears his heart, and his wealth, on his sleeves. And his none too delicate sentiments, no doubt. He's had a tough life like we all do.

The fine was a joke but I sense appeasement of the ungovernable here. This type of man only knows the law of the jungle. He is a hot bloodied heterosexual male who thinks that homosexuals are beyond contempt, instantly putting himself, the Neanderthal, on a pedestal of propriety and rectal rectitude - he is 'up his own.....', alright! And I would rather be a sissy than a thug. A heftier fine would have made them even angrier than they are (makes one wonder what their home-life is like, their thinking process day to day, hour by hour. The mind boggles!). These are men but really, still boys. They think it is always somebody else's fault. Totally incapable of self respect or towards others (but they'd deny it not least because they have not an inkling of the meaning of the word. This is the legacy of the terminally ignorant (and it's not necessarily confined to a particular social class (aħjar daqqa ta' ħarta mingħand il-pulit milli tgħanniqa mingħand il-baxx. Not necessarily!).

Unfortunately I sense that there is such a thing as a malaise Maltaise, insidious like 'deni rqiq'. The air can be stifling and the heat does not help. These people here have nothing going for them - they subsist at a subhuman level, intellectually and otherwise. They are angry. They want to sleep in the open, an openness that gives them a sense of freedom of sorts - rather boy-scoutish, this. They camp where it suits, regardless of the law and other people's discomfort (hence the brawl, a local fighting for his legitimate patch of sand). Anarchy is in the air.

All things being equal, none of this should have happened. I often wonder why the Maltese don't take to the streets and campaign for whatever they want, in a civil manner. Maybe there is something about the Maltese temperament, mild but frustrated and 'helpless'. The victim in this pathetic incident could/should have contacted the Police who would see to sorting out the matter. Why did this not happen? The ugly scene, witnessed by young children thus forming their opinion of the adult world, and very damaging to them, would have been avoided. And this is why many Maltese, especially males, like a public punch-up and smirk at the sight. Sides are quickly taken up - instinctive snap decision - and before one knows it, there's a mini war with potentially, tragic outcomes.

Whatever these guys (and others like them) think of themselves, would any decent commenter here want to be a single hair on THEIR body? Quite! And this very thought makes me shudder. For this kind of person is a punishment unto themselves. And they are trapped in spite of their bravado and tongue-pulling. And nose/toenail picking. And picking on other people to ease their anguished existence. And no tent near any seashore will ease that any day soon.

Toni Borg

Aug 14th 2012, 11:59

Still cannot understand how the magistrateaccepted such trendddyyyyy attire in his cuort room!!

Patrick Zammit

Aug 14th 2012, 11:58

It is worrying to see the courts giving out a stupid fine like that but to rub salt to the wound, one of the guilty who was supposed not to commit another offence during the term of a (previous) suspended sentence was just patted on the back by our courts instead of having his prison suspended sentence kick in.

And then the courts, have handed out 6 months prison sentences to foreign tourists who brought over with them a very small amount of marijuana (which is less harmless than cigarettes) intended for their own personal use.

Why are we in such a mess?

Andrew Cumbo

Aug 14th 2012, 11:57

Although they shall be removed from the illegal camping village they developed, I am not imagining me living with this type of people for the summer time in a legal campsite either.

Edward Curmi

Aug 14th 2012, 11:56

why are they surprised that they werent wearing the correct attire..even theit lawyer was told off by the magistrate for not being convenient dressed for the law courts!!

John Caruana

Aug 14th 2012, 11:55

Ahna ahna jew m'ahniex? Se jeppella l-AG minn din is-sentenza jew cajta tal-qorti?

Alan Cordina

Aug 14th 2012, 11:54

Ha naqbad nemmen lil Franco Debono ! qrati u gustizzja tejatrin min fuq s'isfel ! ...... skuzawni, hafna jafu l'opinjoni tieghi normalment bil kontra ta li ktibt illum ...... but this is the straw that broke the camel's back ! tqazzizzna b'dal buzullotti issa ! morna 500 sena lura b'din il- multa ta 60eur u l'ilbies gol qorti !

N Cutajar

Aug 14th 2012, 11:52

Well indeed this photos is somehow an offence to us all.

What i wonder is how was this sentence given, i mean for once all was recorded, the actions, horrible ones were there, the judge needed nothing else if not to give an example to all those who think that they are bullies.

Oh yes and I love the extra two day… oh god, this is ridiculous.

Shame on you Malta, shame on you juridical institution

david debattista

Aug 14th 2012, 11:52

all the cokes and cigarettes one can buy for 60 euros Man !

Kenneth Galea

Aug 14th 2012, 11:52

@James Dewar
I spend a lot of time in the UK and the hellish summer is in Malta not in the UK. In Malta especially during this horrid summer one cannot function anymore. Are you one of those people who is idle during the summer months, do nothing, watch the world go by, you have your property air conditioned 24/7, you have a pool in your house with a cocktail in your hands. Otherwise I will ask you to go and check your blood pressure if you think this summer is not hell. Anyway the topic here is the jacket and tie which one is required to wear at the law courts. This is an outdated, old fashioned idea which must be ditched in a climate like ours. The accused who appear in the photo have nothing to be ashamed of, don't wear a jacket and tie lads and hold your head up high. You have been punished enough already.

Rita Debono

Aug 14th 2012, 11:50

Kieku kelli nibda nrabbi bhalissa ma naghmilx l-izball li ntella' 'l uliedi jirrispettaw lil qrati u lill-awtorita` imma li jitghallmu jiddefendu ruhom mill-bullies!!
As for the people in the photo I have one thing to say: If ignorance is bliss what is STUPIDITY??? Vera msieken eh! Viva l-imbecilli u l-istupidi ghax huma jirrenjaw f'dal pajjiz.

Norman E Grech

Aug 14th 2012, 11:48

Pazziez tal misthija! Dawn haqqhom Gimgha habs fid dlam! Forsi jitaghlmu ma jitqazzux u din isservi ta deterrent ghal bullies ohrajn li tilghin!

Nista nimmagina t tfal ta madwarhom x'cans ghandhom!!

L'ebda kustjoni ma tigi rizolta bil vjolenza!

Mr John Agius

Aug 14th 2012, 11:47

60 euro talli rredikolaw il Malta u l Maltin kollha. Igibu ic-cifra tal-multa kien jonqos.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/chi-pod13-malta20120812190142,0,6191190.photo

Victor Zammit

Aug 14th 2012, 11:45

What I fear is back-lash Mafia-style, if it's not on already - if you want justice go elsewhere.

David Axiaq

Aug 14th 2012, 11:44

how on earth did they let them like this in court!! its not fair, even if one have to go to a local council tribunal have to wear at least a tie....notice the one one the right doing a pedicure

anthony sultana

Aug 14th 2012, 11:43

69 year old man he still have the spirit fighting,what an example to the kids, no wonder our prison is full of them kids.

Ronald Zammit

Aug 14th 2012, 11:41

Tal misthija dawn in nies (Jekkj tista issejhilhom nies!!) u tal misthija u redicola iktar is sentenza mil qorti!! Il filmat tal glieda bid daqqiet ta ponn li kullhadd seta jaghra fuq it TV jitkellem wahdu! . Min jikkommetti affarijiet bhal dawn ghandu jigi ikkastigat SEWWA bil ligi.... INKELLA inkunu qed inheggu biex kullhadd jihu il ligi b'idejh !! Dawn il hamsa ma tanx jidru li isobijhom ta emijlhom..kellhom kemm kellhom ragun(jekk kellhom) qatt ma messhom ghamlu dak li ghamlu!! Ir Raguni ma tridx FORZA !!! J'Alla xeni bhal dawn li ihamrunna wiccna specialment mal barranin ma nergawx narawhom iktar u iktar bejnitna ahwa MALTIN.

David Carabott

Aug 14th 2012, 11:40

€60 for such a punch televized for all to see!
How can anyone blame the common citizen for losing all confidence in the Maltese judicial system?
Strong with the weak & weak with the strong.
No wonder the victim forgave them; better for him. He must have feared their getting back at him had he not done so; I cannot but opine that the justice system in Malta is there to protect the perpetrator not the victim.

P Bonnici

Aug 14th 2012, 11:37

I wonder if they have been banned from Marsaxlokk.

D. Cini

Aug 14th 2012, 11:37

In a time when everyone is trying to educate children against bullying our authorities send their message about the issue aswell..................'Bullying is not something serious. If you get caught you will only suffer a small slap on the hand'..........This photo gives the exact picture of what criminals think about our authorities. Well done to the law courts to manage to become so much respected.

Mr Mike Farrugia

Aug 14th 2012, 11:35

My heroes!

Claudio Cilia

Aug 14th 2012, 11:34

Hamallagini is ruling our country ,, ,DOOM is upon us !

N. Agius

Aug 14th 2012, 11:34

This incident reflects what is happening in some schools. What many people don't know is that bad behaving students in some state schools are getting away with practically anything they do. Sometimes the parents are defending the bad behaviour of their offspring.

Karl Consiglio

Aug 14th 2012, 11:32

Ignore the facade image they have to portray as though they don't care, trust me im sure deep down they didnt enjoy paying the fine.

Pamela Hansen

Aug 14th 2012, 11:32

It is not the clothing, it is the bullying attitude and the judiciary's sentence on the use of violence to settle disagreements that should concern us.

Mr Tony Gatt

Aug 14th 2012, 11:32

As the Irish say- "What can you expect from a pig but a grunt?"

Pule' Carmel

Aug 14th 2012, 11:30

And to think that I , as a court expert for 40 years waiting for five hours in a cold awla, was sent out of the Hall at the local courts because at my old age I was feeling so cold and took off my jacket to wear a pullover over my shirt which had a tie around its collar!!

And to think that all my ethical behaviour and my studies won me an equal vote as the people in the photograph. There are five of them and one of me, what are the chances of me having the Parliament representative of my choice??? I feel so out numbered in such a democracy! In Malta there is as much Democracy as there was Communism in Russia!!!!!!!!!!!

And to think that all my savings due to being educated and respectful towards my authorites, have been devalued and depreciated continuously so much by legal USURA and the courts does nothing about the manner in which I am being legally robbed and yet it respects these guys better than the courts ever respected me!!

Our Democracy is one complete farce.

Giovanni Rizzo

Aug 14th 2012, 11:30

Why should people like these have the same democratic rights as a high court judge or a surgeon? It's nonsensical and yet because we have endorsed universal suffrage it is anathema to speak against it; but speak against it I will.
VERY WELL SAID.

Mr Luke Vella

Aug 14th 2012, 11:29

What about the man that was beaten, any compensation for him?

Eve Axiaq

Aug 14th 2012, 11:28

Vera ghandhom ghalxiex jidhku ghax ma wehlu xejn! Mhux haqq ix- xoghol li hadu l- pulizija.

Herman Bugeja

Aug 14th 2012, 11:28

Ave to whoever wrote the comment on facebook.... exactly my line of thought. Would really have fewer members in parliament and fewer voter queues when we go to the polls.

Amante Reale

Aug 14th 2012, 11:28

You people keep blaming the court, and the magistrate, etc.

The problem here is the LAW. The law states that the maximum penalty for beating someone up is 60 euro. There's nothing a judge can do about that short of changing the law itself.

P BORG

Aug 14th 2012, 11:25

“For sin is the sting that results in death, and the law gives sin its power” (1 Corinthians 15:56) …. Prophetic words indeed…

Joseph Stafrace

Aug 14th 2012, 11:25

When people lose faith in the Law Courts, when police officers are beaten up, and the accused get a slap on his hand, when people in high places poke their nose in police investigations ; the country will face anarchy. People facing this phenomena in other countries took to the streets and set-up their own vigilante groups to protect themselves.

A Spiteri

Aug 14th 2012, 11:25

don't blame them...blame an ineffective system that actually protects illegalities. blame a problematic judicial system, a useless police force, a useless MEPA and them, the politicians who defend anyone in exchange for a vote!

Neville Lia

Aug 14th 2012, 11:22

You got it all wrong. They were fined €50 for not wearing the tie and jacket, and €10 for the fight, the punches, the offensive language and so on !!

Richard Vella

Aug 14th 2012, 11:21

If I remember correctly , a few years ago an court emplyee was put in jail by a judge because he did not turn the aircondition on!!!!!!!!!!!!

Chris Busuttil

Aug 14th 2012, 11:18

SHAME!! This country lost all sense of justice. These cowboys should be given at least 1 week jail term for not wearing suitable clothes when appearing in court!!!!!!

Mario Scicluna

Aug 14th 2012, 11:17

X'ma jkunx hawn cowboys jigru mas-saqajn li l-hin kollhu lesti ghall-glieda tajba!! Ghar mill Wild West! Jafu jaghmlu hekk xi post iehor gewwa l-EU, specjalment UK, kif iqalftuwhom 'l-barra kieku! Mur arahom diehlin l-Old Bailey liebsin xi hoola shirt, jew xi bicca flokk imqaccat u xi bermuda, u l-Barristers b'dawk bil wigs!! Niftakar fi kliem Guido Demarco jien, il-Gustizzja mhux biss trid issir, imma trid TIDHER li qed issir! Dan misshu kien ezempju klassiku fejn l-ordni kellha tipprevali u jinghataw lezzjoni xierqa ta' l-agir irresponsabbli taghhom, lanqas haqq l-imbarazzament, persuna fuq clip imcappas ma' Malta kollha dak il-povru jaqla bil-ponn! An example should have been made out of these thugs! Wisq nahseb li din il-bicca ser tohloq precedent.

J Micallef

Aug 14th 2012, 11:13

If you beat up someone you get fined less than smoking a cigarette in a bar !!!! Rather than lighting a cigarette now its cheaper to beat up the guy next to you...it might be less addictive !!

Anthony Scicluna

Aug 14th 2012, 11:11

If this keeps going on, one day we might see people taking the law in their own hands as happens in other countries. The Courts have placed a market price on brawling and bullying - roll up 60Euros a brawl. While it is not democratic for the minister to intervene and nullify the court judgement, I would welcome some form of intervention to send these people to jail for six months hard labour

R. Grech

Aug 14th 2012, 11:09

A tenfold fine each would have been the least!

Mr T Borg

Aug 14th 2012, 11:09

Can someone from higher authority gives a breakdown of the costs involved in this case? This can range from the payment of policemen, magistrate, resources used and all those involved in the proceedings. This is in the public interest since the taxpayer is paying for all this.

I am sure it costs much more than €300!

Karl Consiglio

Aug 14th 2012, 11:08

They look like a rock band.

Leo Bartolo

Aug 14th 2012, 11:06

2 Simple questions: Why were these 5 thugs allowed into the courtroom in such attire? Were these 5 thugs fined for breaking the law concerning the dress code applied the courtrooms?

mary borg

Aug 14th 2012, 11:05

Xi gmiel!! They should fill applications for Mr World Malta!! Why weren't they arraigned separately in court to avoid more bullying! Being a group of vie always makes you tougher!

Mark Shaw

Aug 14th 2012, 11:04

arrogant scum comes to mind!

D Gatt

Aug 14th 2012, 11:03

They are quite happy, their face has finally been on the newspaper. After striving so hard to be a bad-a$$ and pestering people and being a complete bigot and a nuisance to society they have finally done it. Well done to all of you you have succeeded in showing that just because we are coming from approximately 4 billion years of evolution doesn't necessarily mean that all of us are 'evolved'. De-evolution is a fact with you lot.

Luciano Borg

Aug 14th 2012, 10:59

So now I FEEL SAFER! If anybody beats me up he will get a €60 fine!!! And if a gang of five people beats me up - they STILL get fined €60 each!! They should have at least been jailed for 6 months - no bail!! Wonder whether this guy would have cheekily pulled his tongue out after that!!

Mr Tony Borg

Aug 14th 2012, 10:57

The punishment meted out shows that members of the judiciary are, indeed, in need of constant training. The social impact of a decision by the Courts of Criminal Justice is hardly ever taken into account.

J. Tabone

Aug 14th 2012, 10:52

No fear of authority is the common denominator for most who commit crimes in Malta. The Authorities will not be feared until fines and punishments make people afraid to commit crimes, whether it be on the roads, or anywhere else in the public or private domain.

K. Vella

Aug 14th 2012, 10:51

Very sad....

It seems that they are hailed as heroes....

They should not been allowed to sit at the court rooms entrance staircase and not should have been admitted with such attire....I was expecting the court to fine them for such lack of respect in our court rooms.

Paul Caruana

Aug 14th 2012, 10:51

Unfortunately, the inability of the police to reign in such unruly behaviour is all too evident in this photo. If you got the guts for a fight, go for it (or just threaten that you will do so): you will get your way, even if you are at fault.

More simply put, in Malta might is right every time!

mark attard

Aug 14th 2012, 10:48

what worries me the most is their kids. Are they being brought up in this manner? Aren't they being denied of a safe and decent upbringing?

Joseph N. Attard

Aug 14th 2012, 10:46

I am sure that there are respectable and conscientious members of the Judiciary. But in the wake of this, and other, astounding sentences, the general public's outlook on our courts continues to plummet to the depths.

M. Degiorgio

Aug 14th 2012, 10:45

Why don't we question ourselves how many fights are NOT caught on tape? The victim in this case is very luck I must say! As for the accused............... unlucky guys..... Maybe more police patrol or CCTV cameras (WELL regulated & controlled) is the answer..........

Franco Abela

Aug 14th 2012, 10:43

U QED JIDDIEHKU QABEL MA WEHLU 60 EWRO... AHSEB U ARA WARA!!!

Ray Buhagiar

Aug 14th 2012, 10:40

The picture of the famous five is now my PC backdrop to remind me that whilst I am trying my best to be a law abiding citizen, few others are having the best time of their life at my expense.

Tanja Cilia

Aug 14th 2012, 10:40

Subliminal advertising? And why is the Fifth Man peeking from behind the fourth one?

Pippo De Marco

Aug 14th 2012, 10:40

Well that taught them a lesson, didn't it ? ... Once again, the picture speaks volumes.

These men are having a laugh ... Quite literally - And why wouldn't they ?

It would have sent out a much stronger message if the Police had removed their camp from the beach and publicly destroyed it before putting these thugs in Court. And if they couldn't be bothered to dress respectfully for Court then they should have been ordered to wear prison garb or nothing at all, so that everyone could have had a laugh.

marco caruana

Aug 14th 2012, 10:38

l aktar ritratt 'MISKIN ' tas sena !

Mr Joe Frendo

Aug 14th 2012, 10:36

Can someone elaborate on how much overtime is paid to open the court in odd hours? Was it that necessary to re-open the court for this bunch of arrogance people?

Who is responsible to open the Court when he could have easily taken them in the morning since only 24 hours have passed?

60 euros!! ... Thus the sentence condemns,. protects and hinder from a repetitive action from such arrogance!

carmel cassar

Aug 14th 2012, 10:36

And they expect respect.

Francis Saliba M.D.

Aug 14th 2012, 10:36

And to think that I was chided by a court official for wearing a poloneck (but no tie, of course) under my jacket!

S. Zahra

Aug 14th 2012, 10:34

pure arrogance!!

Paul Azzopardi

Aug 14th 2012, 10:34

Disgusting, we condon chaos....thats what we are telling the......shame shame shame.......Our legal system really deserves their joval expression...they have succeeded in making fools out of what Malta is trying to stand for......WE are sadly, A JOKE

Kenneth Galea

Aug 14th 2012, 10:32

As for the attire we need to move away from this jacket and tie rubbish especially during the summer months in particualr the hellish summer of 2012. Yes they could have worn better clothes but jacket and tie???? We need to ditch them once and for all in Malta. I think the brutal and horrid summer of 2012 should serve as a wake up call. These guys were involved in a brawl, I think tempers flared because their please were repeatedly ignored. There is nothing to be ashamed of. If the law courts have no A/C or are also experiencing power cuts then it serves them right, no jacket and tie but beach wear!!!

Mark Amaira

Aug 14th 2012, 10:32

U ghax jien inqbat bit-trabokk wehilt 250 ewro.

matthew tanti

Aug 14th 2012, 10:31

I trust the AG will appeal this decision and that the appeal court will be more serious.

Anthony Curmi

Aug 14th 2012, 10:31

Are these men supposed to be role models for future generations? If so we have ableak future ahead of us in Malta. What a shame!

Adrian Grech

Aug 14th 2012, 10:30

Shame

Henry Mifsud

Aug 14th 2012, 10:30

I urge anyone who got a parking/speeding ticket yesterday 13th August 2012 to challenge it on the basis of this ridiculous sentence. Whilst all law abiding citizens are constantly being harassed by the system (if one can even call it that), all other law breakers committing much more serious offenses are having a field day at our law courts. Walt Disney must be spinning in his grave not because we the Maltese have adopted Mickey Mouse as our mascot but because we are using him to ridicule whatever under the sun is unacceptable anywhere else around the globe.
Quo Vadis Malta indeed?

Alan Grixti

Aug 14th 2012, 10:30

It is quite worth it to get fined Euro 60.00 for punching someone. May I pay in advance Euro 1000.00 and punch all those that I dislike?

Joseph Borg

Aug 14th 2012, 10:30

Those who still think that dr mifsud bonnici had no reason to resign raise your hand!

Mario Ellul

Aug 14th 2012, 10:30

So much talk and anger yet no one is really voicing it out by going in the streets. I am not saying violence here, I am saying demonstrations, like we used to do back in the 80's. Unfortunately the labour party are too scared to organise these activities and no one has the guts to stand up and say, this is it. We have reached rock bottom in this country. Shame on the authorities, on the government and all the top heads.

A Mamo

Aug 14th 2012, 10:27

Seriously !!? Unbelievable !

A Fenech

Aug 14th 2012, 10:26

€60 biss!! U INT taf x'ifisser!!! - WHAT A DISGUSTING SHAME!

Mr ALBERT LEONE GANADO

Aug 14th 2012, 10:26

Great picture by the TOM photographer. It is a perfect image of two generations of local yobs. It must be preserved for a future ethnographic museum which I have been long proposing should occupy part of the new parliament building to connect parliament with the people. Let us perhaps be more charitable in our reactions and understand this as a way of life of a marginalized part of our society which readers of the TOM hardly come across. The second yob on the left you must all agree does really gets the "galletta" and it would be interesting to know how our educational system could have failed him.

David Darmanin

Aug 14th 2012, 10:23

When will we start to become disciplined and stop these people from behaving like 'cowboys'?

SIgn this petition NOW:
https://www.change.org/petitions/malta-remove-illegal-boathouses-from-our-island

A. Mizzi

Aug 14th 2012, 10:16

They have every reason to be euphoric ... such finesare no deterrent!

There is no remorse, there is no respect, no authority and NO JUSTICE!

"KWALITAJIET ANQAS TAJBIN" seem to be the trentd lately, to be in and very much accepted!

Philip Mizzi

Aug 14th 2012, 10:13

I am not so sure who should be ashamed here. Is it the accused, or the courts?

A survey or opinion poll with this question would be interesting!!

Mr Anton Borg

Aug 14th 2012, 10:10

Check out far right PICKING HIS TOES!

Victor Pulis

Aug 14th 2012, 10:07

How many times can a 'suspended'sentence be suspended before the criminal is thrown in jail?!
They don't look too concerned over the coming procedures.

Etienne Galea

Aug 14th 2012, 10:07

To portray the failure of justice, just this morning, the number of camps on the beaches of M'xlokk increased. Prosit eh. Not long to go for anarchy!

T.F. Busuttil

Aug 14th 2012, 10:07

oh my GOD !!!!!!!!!!!!!