Prostitute jailed for seven months

Carmela Spiteri, 47, a prostitute from Valletta was handed a seven month jail term after pleading guilty to assaulting officers in Marsa

On 15 July Police Sergeant Denise Camilleri and Constable Mariella Spiter spotted Spiteri loitering with the intent to prostitute. She was apprehended, however she argued with the police, violently resisted arrest and assaulted the officers who went to assist their colleagues..

Spiteri admitted to assaulting Constables Mariella Spiteri,Jonathan Farrugia, Police Sergeants Denise Camilleri and Kenneth Brigniano. She also pleaded guilty to violently resisting arrest, loitering with the intent to prostitute, disobeying orders, breaching the peace and relapsing.

Magistrate Carol Peralta handed Spiteri a seven month jail term.