Gozo ministry official handed suspended jail term, interdicted for life

Mario Camilleri, 37 of Munxar, once an official within the secretariat of the Ministry for Gozo, was this morning handed a 15 month jail term, suspended for two years, and given a general and perpetual interdiction.

Mario Camilleri, taking his Oath of Office as PN elected councillor in Munxar in 2007
Mario Camilleri, taking his Oath of Office as PN elected councillor in Munxar in 2007

Magistrate Josette Demicoli, presiding over the Gozo Courts, this morning handed a 15 month jail term, suspended for two years and a general interdiction to Mario Camilleri, 37 of Munxar, who was found guilty of forging a school leaving certificate for a person to be able to qualify for the job of Principal Security Officer at the Gozo General Hospital.

Camilleri, who was also a PN Councillor in Munxar, committed the crime while he was an official at Minister Giovanna Debono's secretariat in 2006.

The Courts found him guilty of all charges.

Inspector Angelo Gafa' prosecuted.