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Accused denies threatening to 'burn' ex-girlfriend

Lydon Cutajar

Lydon Cutajar

A man who stands accused of breaching bail today denied assaulting his former girlfriend and threatening to burn her alive.

Lydon Cutajar, 22, from Cospicua, gave evidence in court days after testimony by his former partner Graziella Grima. She claimed last week that she was assaulted by Cutajar at Gianpula and he had also threatened to burn her alive and set fire to her car and her house after he got out of prison.

In his testimony Cutajar admitted breaching bail on August 27, when, he said, he succumbed to peer pressure and went to Gianpula nightclub.

But he said it had been in his interest to avoid Grima because she had threatened to disrupt his bail and ensure that he stayed in prison for as long as she wanted. 

Cutajar said that while he was at Gianpula a bunch of young women had flirted with him and then he was assaulted by a number of men. Grima was with the women who surrounded him.

He said he had not intentionally hit her and he did not know that he had, but he was defending himself while being assaulted and he did not know who he hit.

He denied having threatened Grima. 

See also  http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20120906/local/I-ll-burn-you-alive-man-tells-his-ex-girlfriend.435766

 

 
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Philip Mizzi

Sep 11th 2012, 15:32

Mr Agius your point is valid, but the picture tells alot about the character of this 'man'!

Ruth Agius

Sep 11th 2012, 15:37

The girl can very easily defend herself - what bout the dog?

Also, I wonder whether the girl actually took the photo.

C Agius

Sep 11th 2012, 15:49


@Ruth Agius

The girl can easily defend herself? Therefore, any man, ex-boyfriend, ex-partner can threaten to burn them alive and then proceed to beat them up and its ok?!

of course, a comment like yours would undermine any form of protection against domestic abuse or maybe even murder because humans can defend themselves? I fail to see any logic.

Robert Lewis

Sep 11th 2012, 16:49

@C.Agius. I think the write up above is regarding being taken to Court concerning the girl, so that is being seen to by the Court. What bloggers are saying is that he should now be taken to Court again for handling that dog in that matter, very simple.

Franco Farrugia

Sep 11th 2012, 17:16

Mr Agius, the point is that a girl, yes, can defend herself whereas a non-human animal is a vulnerable being at the mercy of the human being. Sometimes, it serves a girl/woman right to get what they get, for the simple reason that they see things coming, they know what violent character their bf or male partner has and yet they stick with him 'ax inhobbbbbuuuuuu!', they would say. Once they see the risk, a girl would do well to get away from that lout and seek pastures new. If she sticks with him, well, good luck to her! But an animal is different. An animal is vulnerable, and cannot get away from a violent 'owner' such as the one we are apparently seeing!

Charlie DeBattista

Sep 11th 2012, 15:16

He seems to need a lot of different lessons and not only the care for animals but the care for fellow humans too. This guy does not seem to appreciate other's lives any life both human and animal.

Franco Farrugia

Sep 11th 2012, 14:27

That's what I think as well. Actually, before I read your comment, I was staring hard at the picture, not sure whether that was a real dog or not!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Isn't this, in itself, proof of animal cruelty?
All this also shows that he who is cruel with animals, is usually also cruel to human beings - there's no difference.
It is a sign of how weak that person is! Nothing but a bully and girls as well as women, would do well to recognise this when they date men.

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