Jassem Al Taher, 26, who has dual Maltese-Libyan citizenship, was jailed for eight months today after he admitted to resisted the police and threatened to slit their throats in an incident on Sunday
The accused admitted that he was drunk and that he had falsely claimed to have been beaten up by the police.
The accused was also placed under a treatment order.
In a separate case, Tarek Awad Zaki, 34, an Egyptian resident of St Paul's Bay, was accused of having slightly injured his uncle in an argument over money on Saturday. He was granted bail against a deposit of €500 and a personal guarantee €2000.