Two men, convicted murderer Carmel Mangion, 58 of San Gwann and Guzeppi Cutajar, 62 of Marsa, were this morning given a six-month jail term suspended for 18 months after they admitted threatening Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando on Facebook earlier this month.
Defence lawyers Marion Camilleri and Martin Fenech said their clients were sorry for what they had done and did not mean any harm.
They said this was an argument which got out of hand.
The two had threatened to kill Dr Pullicino Orlando.