The daughter of a man accused of causing a disturbance at the Żabbar police station told a court today that the police officers started shouting when they entered the station from the wrong door.

The girl, who is a minor, was testifying before Magistrate Saviour Demicoli in the case of Josmar Agius, 44, of Marsaxlokk, who is pleading not guilty to threatening the police at the Żabbar police station in June 2013 and hindering them from carrying out their duties.

She said she had gone to the station after losing her mobile phone, and the officers informed her she could not file a report as she was a minor.

Since it would have taken her 25 minutes to reach her house on foot, the girl called her father from the mobile phone of a woman who was passing by. Her father left Delimara as soon as he received the call.

She said that as soon as they went into the station, the officers started shouting and told them to leave the station, and when they got out, her father made a phone call.

When she asked the officers why they had shouted at them, she was told that they had entered from the wrong door, and she apologised on her own behalf but not her father’s.

Another witness, PC Mario Muscat, said he was on night watch at the Zabbar station at around 9pm.

He recounted how a minor, a girl, had gone to the station to file a report as she had lost her mobile phone. She was later accompanied by her father who asked why the girl had not been allowed to file the report.

Mr Muscat said the accused left the station and called former Police Commissioner Peter Paul Zammit to complain.

There were no complaint forms at the station in Zabbar, and only the Sliema station had such a form.

Meanwhile, Inspector Hubert Cini called legal procurator Peter Paul Zammit to the stand.

Mr Zammit explained that he was not present on the day of the case.

He said he was not summoned as a witness according to law, adding that he had no objection to testify.

Dr Zammit also noted that the court ought to have a copy of the internal inquiry into the allegations on what had happened at the police station. This, he said, contained testimonies taken under oath. The case file of the internal investigation also included his testimony, he said. 

He also complained about the media coverage given to the last sitting of the case, saying that was "far from the truth". He asked the court to compare the newspaper reports to the transcripts of the last sitting. The magistrate said he would decree on this at a later stage.