Claims by former police commissioner Peter Paul Zammit that Inspector Elton Taliana had committed “an offence of a criminal nature” justifying disciplinary action were yesterday dismissed by the officer’s lawyer.

“The former police commissioner is factually wrong. He either did not read the conclusions of the two reports he had commissioned or he wants to continue saying things that are not true,” lawyer Joe Zammit Maempel told this newspaper.

Pointing out that police regulations barred his client from speaking to the press, he said the two inquiry reports clearly indicated that Mr Taliana acted correctly and followed procedure.

An internal police inquiry, published 18 months after it was presented to Mr Zammit, recommended disciplinary action against two CID inspectors after the wrong man was arrested following a hold up. It also found that Mr Taliana, who eventually arrested the right person and brought him to justice, acted according to procedure.

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