Maximilian Ciantar, the young man who propelled himself into the limelight thanks to his driving convictions, yesterday told a magistrate he was the unluckiest person in the world.

Mr Ciantar, 24, was reacting to Magistrate Claire Stafrace Zammit’s hope that he would help himself overcome the problems that landed him in trouble.

In the latest case, Mr Ciantar is pleading not guilty to damaging two cars, driving a car negligently and dangerously, driving while under a court ban, without a driving licence and insurance.

He was also accused of using vulgar language in public, threatening two people, breaching previous court sentences and disobeying police orders at Mater Dei Hospital.

Taking the witness stand, driver Joseph Catania said he was driving through Marsa when Mr Ciantar drove towards him at speed, hitting his side view mirror.

They both stopped and Mr Catania’s daughter, Alysia, the car owner, got out and said to Mr Ciantar “look what you did”.

Mr Ciantar started swearing and an argument broke out.

After calling the driver “an old man”, Mr Ciantar got back into his car and reversed, hitting the other car again, before driving off.

Since the accident, Mr Ciantar’s father had approached him and offered to pay for the damages, which have since been taken care of, Mr Catania said.

Testifying, Alysia Catania said that after the accident, Mr Ciantar was swearing at her and also told her father he would not beat him up because he was an elderly man.

She echoed her father’s version of the accident.

Witness Anthony Callus said it was clear Mr Ciantar deliberately hit the car the second time round, because he reversed at speed.

Defence lawyer Joe Brincat asked the witness how he was certain of Mr Ciantar’s intention. The witness replied he could not be.

Asked by the magistrate if he thought that everything that had happened so far was normal when it came to his convictions, 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 he would help himself.

The case was deferred to July 28.

Mr Ciantar is no stranger to the courts. He 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.

One month later he was found driving in breach of that ban.

He was granted bail but ran into more problems when he tried to assault a journalist covering his court case and 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 fined €600 for the same crime.