A Serb, Strahinja Vukosavljevic, 31, who threatened his flatmates with a penknife and assaulted one of them with a kitchen chair while in a drunken rage was yesterday handed a suspended sentence and fined €1,000.
Mr Vukosavljevic admitted to threatening Aheta Ctamehoba, Filip Acevski and Vlatko Georgievski.
He also admitted to slightly injuring Mr Georgievski, after hitting him with a chair, and to breaching the peace.
He also pleaded guilty to being in possession of a false identity card, disobeying police orders and threatening and offending the police at the Sliema police station.
The incident took place on Wednesday evening in an apartment in Sliema, which the man shared with the three Macedonian nationals.
Magistrate Neville Camilleri jailed him for eight months suspended for two years and fined him €1,000.
The court heard that the police will deport Mr Vukosavljevic once he has paid the fine.
Police inspector Jason Sultana prosecuted while lawyer Roberto Montalto appeared for Mr Vukosavljevic.