Husband changes version as Magistrate warns couple of arrest
A husband changed evidence he had given in court today after a magistrate warned that he would arrest him and his wife until the police investigated who of them was lying under oath.
The couple are undergoing separation proceedings.
The woman testified that her estranged husband had, in a phone call, threatened to kill her.
At one point of the call, the man told her: “You've been provoking me for long and whereas before I hit to hurt you, this time I'll hit you to kill you.”
Sobbing throughout her testimony, the woman said she still loved her former husband and had filed a police report over what he had told her. This led them to issue charges.
The magistrate then asked the husband whether he had made the threat. He denied having said those words.
Magistrate Peralta then ordered the couple’s arrest and asked the police to investigate them for perjury.
However before going ahead with his order, he gave them another chance and warned them that if they were caught lying under oath, they could be imprisoned for a year.
When the case continued, the man said he wanted to change his previous version and admitted to the charges.
The woman insisted that she still loved her husband and that it was he who preferred her colleague over her. She said she had seen photos of the two kissing on Facebook.
Magistrate Peralta called the two lawyers to his bench and after a brief discussion was informed that the woman was withdrawing the criminal complaint she had filed.
The magistrate revoked his arrest order and warned the man to speak to his wife only on issues related to their children or maintenance, which he had been informed he was not paying.
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L Barbara
Nov 23rd 2012, 09:58
Il-borma min ikun go fiha ikun jaf ezatt xqed jigri!Plus li dawn il koppja, jekk ghadhom taht is sagrament taz zwieg, jew mizzewgin bic civil, hadd minnhom ma jista jkun ma xi haddiehor qabel ma jkunu separati legalment jew annullati! So jekk din il mara rat xi ritratti go site bhal facebook tar ragel taghha (li ghadha abli mizzewga),ma xi mara ohra, ovvjament qed isir ksur tal ligi.. fkull sens!
S. Vella
Nov 22nd 2012, 13:08
Il-fatt li hi qalet li ghada thobbu ma jfisser xejn...bhal dejjem il-bniedem jirejalizza xi jkun tilef meta jkun tard wisq, meta parti tkun ilha probabli tabbuza b'mod mentali u bil-kliem mil parti l-ohra sakemm il-parti l-ohra ma tkunx tiflah iktar u sa fl-ahhar tqum fuq saqajha, kif gara probabli hafna lil dan il-povru ragel...(u kif gew ikwotati ukoll l-affarijiet fuq il-kaz).
S. Vella
Nov 22nd 2012, 12:59
Jiddependi ix-xewqa tat-tfal ma min jixtiequ jghixu u ghaldaqstant mhix dejjem ovvja li irid ikun ir-ragel li aghti il-manteniment lil mara, izda tista tkun anka viceversa. Il-fatt li kif kitbu li il-mara rat xi ritratti fuq il-facebook, jidher car ukoll li din qadet tissindika fil-facebook tieghu u la darba dawn m'ghadhom flimkien ma nara l-ebda att kriminali li dan pogga xi ritratti fuq fbk
S. Vella
Nov 22nd 2012, 12:55
Dwar manteniment wiehed jibda jaghti manteniment meta jkun hemm kuntratt lest bil-miktub u iffirmat miz zewg partijiet fejn jkun hemm indikat kemm ser jinghata manteniment. Jidher car li dil-koppja ghadhom ma waslux sa dan l-istadju u ghalhekk tigi ovvja ir-raguni ghala ir-ragel mhux qed jaghti manteniment ghalissa. Barra min hekk, wiehed irid jara ukoll min ser ikollu il-kustodja tat-tfal.
Mr T Zahra
Nov 21st 2012, 21:31
Can somebody please explain why the law dictates that it is the husband that must pay maintenance....why is that when both the husband and wife are in full time gainful employment...the wife is earning a higher salary than the husband but the husband still is the one that has to pay maintanenace...can somebody please explain this bizarre way of thinking
C. Muscat
Nov 22nd 2012, 08:32
It's not the husband who has to pay maintenance. It's the spouse who isn't the primary carer of the kids! So, if the woman leaves the household and the father is responsible for the daily needs of the children, then the wife pays maintenance. The fact that the husband in this example has a highly paid job is irrelevant. The upbringing of the kids cost money and she has to pay up. It's only fair.
Joe Xuereb
Nov 21st 2012, 20:52
Ah! love! Makes my heart bleed! Strange is it not, that once upon a time people fall madly in love. X number of years (or even months) down the line, and what happens?! Call me cynical....., but...
Mr T Zahra
Nov 21st 2012, 20:16
Can somebody please explain why the law dictates that it is the husband that must pay maintenance....why is that when both the husband and wife are in full time gainful employment...the wife is earning a higher salary than the husband but the husband still is the one that has to pay maintanenace...can somebody please explain this bizarre way of thinking
Mario Mifsud
Nov 21st 2012, 20:29
His children are still his children T zahra. he have to maintain them
a agius
Nov 21st 2012, 19:47
1 - xi nghidu ghal dawk l-irgiel li qed irabbu t-tfal huma u l-ommijiet ma jhallsux manteniment? dik mhux diskriminazzjoni? u 2 - jekk min qed irabbi t-tfal ma jhallix lit-tfal izuru l-genitur l-iehor ifittxuh li mhux qed jonora s-sentenza tal-qorti, imma jekk il-genitur l-iehor ma jmurx ghat-tfal kif suppost, hadd ma jfittxu li mhux qed jonora s-sentnza tal-qorti!!!
Charles J. Buttigieg
Nov 21st 2012, 19:12
Duncan, il mantenement hu dritt ghall omm kif ukoll ghall missier jiddependi min qed jiehu kura ta l-ulied. Jekk l-omm tkun miljunarja u it tfal qedin taht il kustodju taghha xorta ghanda dritt ghall mantenament tat-tfal anke jekk ir ragel ikun fuq il minimum wage. U vici versa ghax it tfal tat tnejn jibqaw.
Charles J. Buttigieg
Nov 21st 2012, 19:11
Duncan, il mantenement hu dritt ghall omm kif ukoll ghall missier jiddependi min qed jiehu kura ta l-ulied. Jekk l-omm tkun miljunarja u it tfal qedin taht il kustodju taghha xorta ghanda dritt ghall mantenament tat-tfal anke jekk ir ragel ikun fuq il minimum wage. U vici versa ghax it tfal tat tnejn jibqaw.
Eve Axiaq
Nov 21st 2012, 17:11
Din li ma jhallsux il-manteniment ma nifhimiex. Mela t-tfal mhux taghhom? U x'se jghidu t-tfal fuq missierhom meta jikbru? Li qatt ma kien jitmahom u missier ta l-isem biss!
Duncan Tanti
Nov 21st 2012, 18:21
Kemm hemm nisa li il-manteniment ma juzawhx kif suppost u ma tista taghmlilhom xejn!!!!
M Fava
Nov 21st 2012, 23:20
@Duncan Tanti
L-abbuzi jsiru f'kollox. Jekk toqghod sejjer hekk, tista' tnehhi kull beneficcju socjali etc etc. La d-dritt tal-manteniment qieghed hemmhekk, wiehed jippretendi li ghandu jigi rrispettat.
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