Tristan B jailed for nine years

I Bugeja

Oct 18th 2012, 20:39

what assets? he has nothing apart from a list of jail sentences

J Tabone

Oct 19th 2012, 08:28

That's the rub! I feel that if one is found guilty of misappropriation or fraud the court should get the guilty party to make amends + interest and costs! And not simply lock the guilty person in a cell and let him/her enjoy the spoils!

Joseph Micallef

Oct 18th 2012, 21:59

Talenti KBAR??!!! Qatt smajtu "Ikanta"????!!!!

Lucienne Dimech

Oct 19th 2012, 06:53

As if we should forgive criminals if they happen to have some talent

Alan Attard

Oct 18th 2012, 17:41

@Toni Borg,
The average worker would have to work for forty (40) years to earn such an amount at today's salary.

Mr Kevin Zammit

Oct 18th 2012, 21:35

what 9 years!?! Yours and mine you mean ... for him it would be roughly 7 if not less thanks to good behaviour and pardons since a jail term year is 2/3 of a normal year

Charles Grixti

Oct 18th 2012, 17:54

Nothing mind boggling about this. Shows what society really values.

Walter Gambin

Oct 18th 2012, 23:13

Very well said.. Ten cases ten measures... this is Maltese justice. Il-gustizzja mhux biss trid issir imma trid TIDHER li qed issir!!

Toni Borg

Oct 18th 2012, 17:41

Good one! lol

M Manduca

Oct 19th 2012, 11:08

Excellent!!!

Dorielle Soler

Oct 18th 2012, 16:49

Agreed !

Michael Camileri

Oct 19th 2012, 08:52

So, we know what price the courts value 1 raped life ... approximately 277,000EUR

750,000 / 9 = 83,333.33
83,333.33 * 10 = 833,333.33 / 3
= 277,000

fred sammut

Oct 19th 2012, 11:37

You have my total respect......

P Bonnici

Oct 18th 2012, 16:42

Farmers, like in other countries like Spain, became rich when their agricultural land was sold for development and poor farmers became rich overnight.

Paul Zammit

Oct 18th 2012, 20:50

It happens that people are free to ask and speculate whatever they want without having to give any explanations to you in this country (thank god) ... therefore, please... for freedom of speech's sake, refrain.

D Zampa

Oct 19th 2012, 16:06

i asked what you earn sarcastically as if i care how much you earn. you are the one who asked the stupid question and me because its a free country answered your question because i can .

Mario Busuttil

Oct 18th 2012, 17:18

Good idea....well said

R Casha

Oct 18th 2012, 16:09

Ma tahsibx li kien jaf li qed jaghmel hazin! Kulhadd jrid jkun responsabli ta ghemilu.

Mario Busuttil

Oct 18th 2012, 17:17

IL Qorti tikkunsidra kollox ..tara wkoll li tiga ghandu pieni ohrajn, u 10 snin prigunerija mhux ftit,,plus ghandu xi 8 snin ohra li qed jiskonta tiga ....forsi hemm gew ghadnu cans jirrifletti mhux hazin talli ghamel...

Paul Zammit

Oct 18th 2012, 20:42

I'd seriously consider it .... think about .. 10 years of intensive work playing video games and sitting in a cell in prison vs 50 years of normal 40 Hr week work ... what's more advantageous? hmmm ... tough to decide.

Gordon Galea

Oct 18th 2012, 15:15

Ajma jahasra ma tahsibx li l-vittmi ha jficcuh personali jekk ghandhom biss farka melh f'mohhom? Certu nies inkreddibli ...

Eve Axiaq

Oct 18th 2012, 15:39

@ galea
Jekk m'ghandu xejn fuq ismu l-vittma ma jista jiehu xejn lura.

Mario Busuttil

Oct 18th 2012, 17:07

@ Asiack...Jekk ma ghandu xejn, vera m'huwa ser tehodlu xejn.....imma illum hawn nies jaslu u jehdulek hajtek...,minn 20 persuna li tiffrodi wiehed ser issibu li jpattijilek.

William Caligari

Oct 18th 2012, 17:09

Louis trid tghid ohra, skond il-ligijiet Maltin, min dawn id-9 snin
kemm sa' jaghmel minnhom il-habs?
Jghidu t-8 xhur kull sena,voldieri 6 snin biss!!!
Mahfra ta' 3 snin,minghajr ma jidhol il-Kabinett u l'President.

C Borg

Oct 18th 2012, 16:06

hekk hu, ghax miskin minn sinjur gabu jittallab

Mr F J Brincat

Oct 18th 2012, 16:16

Ghax persuna sinjura ma tfissirx li kulhadd sinjur. Jekk persuna bla educazzjoni ma tfissirx li kullhadd injurant.

C Borg

Oct 18th 2012, 16:04

the very large part of it was spent by himself and if anything remained has been seized by the many creditors, most of whom did not get anything back either.

A Camilleri

Oct 18th 2012, 14:42

nicely said

R Bartolo

Oct 18th 2012, 14:48

Or people selling keyboards without a caps lock key?

Alfredo Agius

Oct 18th 2012, 14:56

@R Bartolo: A most serious offence, demanding the harshest of punishments!

stephen mifsud

Oct 18th 2012, 14:57

yes i am in total disgust with these unfair decisions as the time dont fit the crime ....and Cannabis is not a crime in my books ....

J. Debono

Oct 18th 2012, 15:19

@ R. Ferriggi

Tristan B wehel 9 snin wara serje twal hafna ta frodi. Din mhux l-ewwel darba kienet tieghu. L-ewwel darba li ffroda lil xi hadd xi ftit xhur wehel jekk minix sejjer zball.

Biss jekk dan ma jutghallimx u kull darba li johrog jisraq lin-nies, mela allura mhux postu barra.

Rigward il-missier li rapja 3 bniet tieghu, wehel 10snin l-ewwel darba li deher il-qorti.

Mr Duncan Scerri

Oct 18th 2012, 15:22

@R Bartolo

LOL!

S Debono

Oct 18th 2012, 16:49

Well said R Friggieri...Tristain B deserves his punishment but it makes me sick that a father that raped his 3 children gets the same sentance!!!!

Elaine Spiteri

Oct 19th 2012, 00:00

Couldn't agree with you more. Shame on our judicial system.

Anthony Bonell

Oct 18th 2012, 14:49

Ilsien taz-zokkor and having a good mind ! + finding someone that believes anything and there are a lot of these although we are in 2012 !!!!!!!

R. Azzopardi

Oct 18th 2012, 14:55

It's none of your business where he got his money from. work as hard as farmers do and whatever you earn will be well-deserved.

James Dewar

Oct 18th 2012, 15:10

Where or how he accumulated or acquired the money is not a public issue and should remain private and confidential.

D Zampa

Oct 18th 2012, 15:58

What kind of question is that!!!! you asked that beacuse yoyu read that the person was a farmer. bhal dak li qallek farmer ma jamilx flus. farmer ma jurix xjaghmel ghalhekk. so dont downgrade people by there profession. where do you get your money from Paul Zammit????

Ms Marianne Mercieca

Oct 18th 2012, 18:19

What kind of question is this Mr. Zammit, perhaps he worked hard all his life or else he inherited some property, it's none of your business!!!

Paul Zammit

Oct 18th 2012, 20:43

I was just wondering ... if i remember correctly, Gozotains resulted poorer than the maltese... doesn't seem to be the case here ... am not questioning the farmer in question .. am only speculating on the results of that survey which I read here on the TOM. relax folks.

Karl von Brockdorff

Oct 18th 2012, 14:54

lol

R. Azzopardi

Oct 18th 2012, 14:56

For all I care he could have had 10 kids dying from the most horrible of diseases. Fraud is still not justified. I don't give two hoots what he needed the money for.

Charles Micallef

Oct 18th 2012, 14:58

Your suggested reasons are in no way an excuse to defraud anyone, and yes the Courts would know the facts before issuing sentence., so the would be Maltese Frank Sinatra should have known better and is now paying the price of his illicit gains.

Franco Attard Trevisan

Oct 18th 2012, 15:03

if he is a 'talented singer' as you are saying he could made money singing instead of defrauding people... I have lost count of the number of times I've seen this guy on the local papers being brought to court for defrauding people. And apart from the newspaper I never even heard about this 'Sinatra'!

I'm curious to know who 'touted' him as 'the Maltese Frank Sinatra'

James Dewar

Oct 18th 2012, 15:14

Are you serious? His alleged talent as a singer has no relevance whatsoever to his activities as a serial fraudster. Had he been the subject of blackmail I have no doubt that the fact would have been included in his defence plea. Maltese Frank Sinatra?....... "He did it his way!!"

J. Debono

Oct 18th 2012, 15:21

@ G. Patiniott

he likes to party - the reason why

he has no children, he is not sick, he is not blackmailed, but he does spend an enormous amount of money in partying, and entertaining guests.

John L Galea

Oct 18th 2012, 16:11

Maltese Frank Sinatra?....LOFL!!!!

Tristan B is very talented ...not as a singer but as a fraudster...lol

mark borg

Oct 19th 2012, 07:13

bizzejjed tara xi gvern ghandna biex tara kemm baqa cwiec

Marc Cassar

Oct 18th 2012, 14:53

Tax Dept & VAT can never check the amount of money any farmer in Malta or Gozo earns.

One just has to look at the cars that they drive to know the size of profit they make. in addition, they also get funds from EU, which is mostly pocketed.

One of the many "professions" that evade tax and cannot be caught.

James Dewar

Oct 18th 2012, 15:23

The accused and now convicted person in this case is Emanuel Balzan.....not the Gozitan farmer who is the victim!

George Camilleri

Oct 18th 2012, 17:09

a mystery identical to those heavily tattooed, uneducated persons registering as unemployed and claiming social assistance, yet driving executive cars or powerful SUVs (a considerable luxury) scattered around Malta.

If tax evasion and undeclared income is what you're implying, it's a national hobby and not just a Gozitan passtime

oliver mallia

Oct 18th 2012, 14:49

Le ta, issa il-bidwi ificcu bil-qorti Ms Axiaq u hemm tendenza li jirbaha ukoll.

Franco Attard Trevisan

Oct 18th 2012, 15:06

@ Oliver Mallia

vera jfittxu bil-qorti imma xi tridu jehodlu?? Dan ma nahsibx li iblah u nghamillek imhatra li m'ghandu xejn (assi) fuq ismu!

Joseph Attard

Oct 18th 2012, 15:33

@ Mallia
Veru jista jirbah. Imma jekk ma jkollokx x'tehodlu, x'tiehu? Is-sodisfazzjoni li rbaht kawza?

C Borg

Oct 18th 2012, 15:50

@Joseph Attard
Mhux sodisfazzjon biss... imma wkoll il-kont tal-avukat u spejjez tal-kawza

John Dalton

Oct 18th 2012, 15:13

Well at least the other prisoners won't have to demonstrate against missed concerts now,they will have there own in house artiste.

James Dewar

Oct 18th 2012, 15:18

Might help make up for the prisoners who were so dismayed and upset at being denied entry to the Winter Moods concert! They have their own "in house" performer but will he do free shows or will the audience have to pay a price like his other victims.