A man from Valletta was this morning conditionally discharged for three years after he admitted to violently resisting a police officer, assaulting, provoking and slightly injuring him and swearing in public.

Joseph McKay, 58, of Valletta, got into a scuffle with the policeman on duty at Castille when he stopped by the roundabout to drop off his brother Twanny and his son Marvin yesterday morning.

Mr McKay argued with the police who told him to next time park on the side because he had stopped traffic.

Lawyers Chris Cardona and Mark Vassallo appeared for Mr McKay.

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