A real estate company was fined today for ignoring a court order to stop construction works.

The court established that Xemxija Estates Ltd had ignored a warrant of prohibitory injunction issued on March 23, 2009 at the request of Mario Blackman and excavation and construction works by the company had continued.

The case was instituted by the Court Registrar.

The court said that whoever violated a court order, as the construction company had done, should be sent to prison.

However in this case it was not clear who was personally responsible for violating the court order.

It therefore fined the company €1,500 plus €30 for every day that the company continued to violate the court orders.

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