Żebbiegħ murder: Accused granted bail on ninth attempt

John Vella

Aug 30th 2012, 18:01

the court cannot deny bail,only in exceptional circumstances can it deny bail........... Bail does not mean you got away with murder!....A person is presumed innocent until proven guilty........
What people should be angry about is the delay it takes the court to try a case......That I agree.....
But in our country where a trial can take five years to be tried, God forbid if we had no bail.!!!!!

Paul Barrett

Aug 30th 2012, 16:44

There should be a very good explanation why this case has not been tried in Court and he either be found not guilty or sentenced. Justice delayed is justice denied both for the accused and the friends and relatives of the victim.

Ruth Muscat

Aug 30th 2012, 16:33

Shameful again.. why granted bail in the ninth time.. bah, it should have been given ages ago if it were correct, so why is it now?

Ms Donna Degaetano

Aug 30th 2012, 15:29

This is a joke!!!! A man I know got 7 years in jail and a hefty fine after being found in possesion of a large ammout of cannabis. He was sentenced the day after the find and it was a public holiday so the courts had to open specifically for his case to be heard. But this man....well he murdered a friend of ours and left a 15 year old girl motherless and two years later not even a date for the trial has been set!!! What is wrong with this damn country??? And to hell with all the innocent till proven guilty crap......he walked into a police station and confessed to the crime! Stupid.....our court system is simply stupid!!!

Jos Vella

Aug 30th 2012, 15:12

The Maltese laws just give you one option: use your imagination to make justice. According to LAW a person who was killed does no longer enjoy human rights.....the person who committed the crime is still alive and continues to enjoy the human rights.

Dik gustizzja!!

Mario Borg

Aug 30th 2012, 14:23

You don't get bail for growing a plant of marijuana but murder? No problem! Can someone explain these skewed priorities and the morality of justice? In what schema is murder more acceptable then plant cultivation?!

Stephen Frendo

Aug 30th 2012, 14:01

This is an insult to the victim, and her family !!

Christine Attard

Aug 30th 2012, 13:52

It seems it is not going to be his permanent home after all. court justice became a joke.

JIMMY ATANASIO

Aug 30th 2012, 13:02

that;not enough money especially if he has money.he can flee to a different country and will never be seen again/

Neville Roberts

Aug 30th 2012, 12:29

A suspected Murderer on the streets?

Jeffrey Mallia

Aug 30th 2012, 11:59

Life is considered very very cheap in our law courts......just 15000 euro insomma !!

V. Cauchi

Aug 30th 2012, 11:34

Most often the presumption of innocence is claimed by counsel when requesting bail. This is based on the premise that unless proven guilty, a person should not be punished for an alleged offence. But this cannot be more fallacious. While "detention" is there to keep a dangerous person off the streets (much like keeping a lion caged), a sentence of "imprisonment" is given to punish a person. If the courts, counsel and legislators cannot understand the difference in the two concepts which are clearly explicated in the Criminal Code, Cap. 9, who then really can?

Joe Fenech

Aug 30th 2012, 11:18

Mickey Mouse country!

Lawrence Fenech

Aug 30th 2012, 11:15

THE LAW IS AN ASS.

Andrew Muscat

Aug 30th 2012, 11:09

Hawn Malta
1. taghti xeba tehel 60 euros biss
2. toqtol persuna tihu bail
3. tarmi kelb go skip tehel multa zajra jew forsi 3 xhur Kordin
4. iddahal ma nafx kemm il-kilo droga tohrog fuq probation
5. issuq fis sakra kemm trid u meta trid ghax ma tinqabadx

Pajjiz li ihallik bla kliem

John Vella

Aug 30th 2012, 11:08

Bail is set according to ones means..... So if a judge can set bail at 1 million euros to an individual and 10000 euros to another accused with same crime........Remember that a 1000 euros for a lower income person could be as hard or harder to come up with 100000 to a middle class citizen....

Eric Soames

Aug 30th 2012, 11:01

Well apparently there doesn't seem to be a trial date set yet and everyone enjoys the presumption of innocence and the right to a speedy trial.

Peter Murray

Aug 30th 2012, 10:59

It would appear that bail being granted is a foregone conclusion to those charged with murder-even those who have confessed to their crime!

PAUL BUSUTTIL

Aug 30th 2012, 10:51

Euro: 15,000 wow pocket money!!!

Mr Jamie Frendo

Aug 30th 2012, 10:49

Can someone please explain to me what they mean when they say Bail was today granted against a deposit of €15,000 and a personal guarantee of €25,000. Did the accused have to pay 15,000 cash and then have a guaranteed sum of 25,000 locked in the bank or something? and what are the actual bail conditions? Either way 2 years and 40K to Murder somebody are a joke.

Ms Maria Vella

Aug 30th 2012, 10:44

What a joke!

Silvio Agius

Aug 30th 2012, 10:38

What a shame.