St Paul's Bay murder - woman suffered 40 blows

George Attard

Nov 28th 2012, 09:08

what does alcohol have to do with this? there is no mention of it and you bring it up. don't jump to conclusions. a lawyer that jumps to conclusions without knowing the story is more dangerous than a fool with a cause.

R Saliba

Nov 28th 2012, 08:50

That is not the reason why the rate has increased. Crime has always been around us however now thanks to online newspapers and social networks things are more out in the open and more crimes are being reported.

Mr mario aquilina

Nov 28th 2012, 17:07

Hu Zgurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

Jigu jigru il Pulizija. Tal Qawra jighidulek bix tmur taghmel rapport L-ghassa. Trid tmur int, mhux jigu huma.

Nitkellem mil esperjenza tieghi personali.

Mr Nathan zammit

Dec 3rd 2012, 12:29

I second that Mr Aquilina

Francis Saliba M.D.

Nov 28th 2012, 09:16

@PaulSmith
You do not know what you are saying. Abuse of the less immediately dangerous drugs does not prevent escalation to the more potent, immediately fatal drugs of abuse, it catually promotes it – the process is known as habituation.

Francis Saliba M.D.

Nov 28th 2012, 09:06

@Paul Smith
Drug control regulations do not eliminate the problem but wherever the regulations were lax or not enforced the problem escalated and drug control had to be tightened again, for example Holland. In places like Portugal the changes in the control regulations are desperate harm-reducing measures to combat the spread of HIV and Aids among the drug abusers and on to others.

Mr J Grech

Nov 27th 2012, 18:40

"Neighbours said they had heard the couple quarrelling between 9 and 10am. The police were informed at 11.15am"..........aqra qabel tibda twaddab it-tajn fuq il-Pulizija. Grazzi.

Francis Saliba M.D.

Nov 27th 2012, 22:18

X'ghandu x'jaqsam fejn kienu l-pulizija qabel ma saru jafu bit-tilwima?

Francis Saliba M.D.

Nov 27th 2012, 17:00

If neighbours heard noises of a quarrel between 09:00 and 10:00 hours it does not follow that the police became aware of it at that time.

Dennis Agius

Nov 27th 2012, 17:13

Sur Fenech minn qallek li il Pulizija waslu siegha u nofs tard? aqra sew l-ewwel qabel ma titfa it tajn habib.

James Vella Clark

Nov 27th 2012, 17:16

depends when the neighbours decided to call them! If they decided to call them at 11.00, having the police arrive at 11.15 is quite natural.

Victor Laiviera

Nov 27th 2012, 21:04

We do not know when the police were called. People do not usually phone the police at the fist sign of a quarrel, only when things get really bad.

Colin Stanley

Nov 27th 2012, 15:07

you are so right

Anthony Pace Gouder

Nov 27th 2012, 15:48

Don't you think ' ILLEGAL EMPLOYMENT ', could/must be added to the list ?

vaughan whitehead

Nov 27th 2012, 16:50

malta is not unique in the problems you quote it is happening the world over thedays of peace and tranquility are long gone

John Dee

Nov 27th 2012, 16:54

Absolutely correct - a friend of mine was mugged on Sunday evening in St Paul,s Bay, but says it isn't even worth reporting it !

Francis Saliba M.D.

Nov 27th 2012, 17:03

@Vaughan Whitehead.

That is the expected consequence of a modernist society with self-serving moral values or no values at all.

James Vella Clark

Nov 27th 2012, 17:15

These things have always existed. It's just that we happen to be living them so we think they're extraordinary events compared to years gone by. the pity is that two young children were present when all this happened and they'll be scarred for life.

John Azzopoardi

Nov 27th 2012, 18:28

Carmel. le ma kienx presepju, imma, sa ftit snin illu, we were safe from a lot of the nonsense we are seeing today. Things happened, but not to the extent they are happening now. Remember, this is just an island of 400,000 people. What happens is when all sort of people are breaking the law, everyone starts doing it. And that is what we are seeing today. I could go on and on my friend Carmel

Francis Saliba M.D.

Nov 27th 2012, 20:10

@CarmelCamenzuli.

The increase in violence is real, not a mistaken perception. We are living in a society that glosses over drug abuse and considers it a mitigation for crimes of violence, unstable irregular families are common, as a pleasure-seeking culture committed to "drink and be merry for tomorrow we die".

There is a huge price to pay for that hedonism and we are paying that price

Joseph Grech

Nov 27th 2012, 23:04

@ Francis Saliba M.D

Yes you're absolutely right. That price you mentioned.... Protest, uprising. War. We never learn...

Robert Agius

Nov 28th 2012, 09:40

@ F.Saliba

That's a rather simplistic way to put it, don't you think? The ones who lack 'morals' are the ones running nations. Powerful ones too. They dictate 'morals', and they set the conditions. We pretend to have a say in it but it's all a charade.

Francis Saliba M.D.

Nov 28th 2012, 10:30

@RobertAgius.

No it isn’t simplistic. Your statement that those “running nations” themselves lack morals is unrelated to the exploding violent crime scene in certain localities in Malta associated with a high incidence of irregular problem families and drug abuse and foreigners. Morality or immorality are personal choices admittedly influenced by society mores.

Beata Binder

Nov 28th 2012, 13:42

FYI, Hungary is an EU member since 2004, we are not illegal but work and pay taxes here. Please don't judge a whole nation and the people all over the world by this crime. Murder is not common in our country as well as family violence. We are all shocked.