Former prison warder Anthony Mifsud has file a judicial letter in the First Hall of the Civil Court against the Commissioner of Police saying he has still not been paid compensation of €186,349 ordered by the courts after he suffered torture while under arrest.

In 1983, Mr Mifsud was wrongly accused of helping two prisoners escape and was forced, at gunpoint, to sign an admission of guilt, causing him to spend three years in prison for nothing.

Mr Mifsud said in today's application that he had still not been paid compensation despite the amount having been confirmed by the Constitutional Court in September last year. He said he is also owed €19,319 in interest and called on the commissioner to settle the issue within a week.