The driver of a rented route bus was conditionally discharged today after admitting in court to assaulting an Irish tourist and throwing her and her pushchair off the bus.

He also had his licence suspended for a year.

The incident happened in Mellieha.

The court heard that the driver, Ahmed Bounoulder, a Moroccan who has lived in Malta for several years, has lost his job.

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