Road menace, Maximillian Ciantar, this afternoon told a magistrate that he was the most unfortunate person in the world, after she questioned his reckless behaviour.
Mr Ciantar made the remarks in the case where is pleading not guilty to damaging two cars, driving a car negligently and dangerously, driving while under a court ban and driving without a driving licence and insurance last week.
He was also accused of using vulgar language in public, threatening two people, breaching previous court sentences and disobeying police orders in Mater Dei Hospital.
Taking the witness stand, driver Joseph Catania said that he was driving through Marsa while Mr Ciantar was driving from the direction of Valletta at speed. He hit the side view mirror and the two cars stopped. Mr Catania said his daughter got out and complained to Mr Ciantar about the damage he had caused.
An argument broke out and Mr Catania said he also got out of the car. Max Ciantar told him "you are an old man". Mr Ciantar got back into his car reversed hit their car and a third one and drove off.
He said that Mr Ciantar's father had approached him and offered to pay for the damages.
Testifying Mr Catania's daughter Alysia, said that the car her father was driving was hers. She said that Mr Ciantar told her father that he was not going to beat him up only because he was an elderly man.
Witness Anthony Callus said that he saw the accident happen. He said that it was clear that when Mr Ciantar reversed ad hit the car again, the action was intentional because he had reversed at speed.
At one point Magistrate Claire Stafrace Zammit asked Mr Ciantar's lawyer, Joe Brincat was being done to help his client.
Dr Brincat said that nothing was actually happening but he was being followed by a probation officer and would be meeting care workers to see if psychological help was needed.The magistrate said it was clear he needed help.
At this point, Mr Ciantar said his probation officer was insisting he should follow a (drug) rehabilitation programme but he felt he did not need one because he has been clean for a year.
Asked if he thought that everything that has happened so far was normal, Mr Ciantar said he was the unluckiest person in the world.
The magistrate quipped that he brought these things on himself and that misfortune had nothing to do with him breaking the law. She said she felt for him and wished that he would help himself.
The case deferred to July 28.
Maximilian Ciantar was at the centre of a public outcry when he ran over twin girls in Attard in 2011.
He was released from prison after serving 16 months of his two-year jail term following the Attard incident and his 10-year driving ban was reduced to 16 months.
But one month later he was found driving in breach of that ban. He was granted bail but ran into more problems when he attempt to assault a journalist covering his court case. His bail was revoked.
In February 2012, days after he was released from prison, he was fined €800 for heroin possession. He had previously been found guilty of heroin possession and fined €600.