A man who had a DNA sample taken is holding the authorities responsible in case he falls ill.

Mario Camilleri, 44, from Żebbuġ, said that he was asked to give samples during a magisterial inquiry into a case that involved theft and the injury of a person.

Another man – Chris Scerri, 34, from Pietá – also had samples taken and fell ill, Mr Camilleri said in a judicial protest.

He said that Mr Scerri had to be rushed to hospital from court after suffering from complications.

He was therefore holding the Commissioner of Police and the Attorney General responsible if he were to suffer any complications as a result of the tests he had been subjected to.

Mr Scerri jumped off a roof in Mdina two years ago and broke a leg while after allegedly being caught breaking into a house.

He and Mr Scerri are accused of breaking into an elderly woman’s house while she was at Mass. They pleaded not guilty to attempted theft, damaging the door and relapsing. Mr Scerri denied breaching bail in three cases.

Police Inspector Fabian Fleri had told the court that Mr Scerri had not signed the bail book in weeks and was in possession of a “questionable” medical certificate stating he was too ill to sign at his local police station.

Despite the medical certificate, he was still able to commit the crime, the inspector had said.

Lawyers Franco Debono and Marion Camilleri signed the judicial protest.