A 55-year-old man was conditionally discharged for 18 months today after he admitted in court to having claimed he was at a wheel of a car involved in an accident, to protect his son who was actually driving.

Magistrate Doreen Clarke heard George Falzon, of Qormi admit to giving false information to the police when he claimed he was driving the car that crashed into another car in Windmill Street, Qormi, on August 5 last year.

The accident was not serious but resulted in a passenger in the other vehicle suffering slight injuries. 

Soon after the accident Mr Falzon (Sr) owned up to police about what really happened.

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