GRTU director assault | Radiologist witness dated Farrugia's daughter, defence reveals

So is-Sur Cens is also affiliated with the Masonic Lodge? Grass is greener on the other side, mhux hekk Cens?

Cens mhu ha tasal imkien kullhadd jaf x'tip ta bniedem int ! Jekk il-qorti hi serja missha tibghat lil-kullhadd id-dar, ghax jidher car li kollox u minfuh, Certu nies bhall Censu ghax ghandhom il-power jahsbu li jistaw jaghmlu li jridu ! Il-Qorti triq toqghod attenta hafna ghax qed twegga hafna lin-nies komuni !

Thanks to all those who clarified the status of the SMS's quoted in the report.

Insomma Vince Farrugia jibqa' dejjem Vince Farugia!

THIS IS TURNING OUT TO BE A VERY COMPLICATED THRILLER.

THIS IS TURNING OUT TO BE A VERY COMPLICATED THRILLER.

Kelinu you can put your mind at rest that everything was obtained legally. IF YOU HAD BEEN FOLLOWING THE CASE FROM THE BEGINING YOU WOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT BOTH MOBILES BELONGING TO THE ACCUSED AND VINCE FARRUGIA WERE EXHIBITED IN COURT AND EXAMINED BY A COUR APPOINTED EXPERT.

In an article carried in The Malta Independent of the 29 July 2010 (as well as on the internet) Daphne Caruana Galizia chose to attack the integrity of Dr. Manwel Mallia because in her opinion, Dr. Mallia attempted to discredit Anthony Samuel, when testifying in court a couple of days earlier. According to her, Dr. Mallia, and I quote, “had the nerve to ask Samuel – in that archaic criminal lawyer fashion which suggests that he had indeed done so – whether he had inflated and exaggerated Farrugia’s injuries as a favour to his friends, Farrugia’s son and daughter. Mallia, again perhaps because he trawls through muck for a living, appears not to understand just how serious a slur this is. And in terms of credibility, it is akin to Anglu Farrugia’s ‘PN agents bought Labour votes’. Mallia is spending far too much time with those people”. She concluded by saying that his glory days as a criminal lawyer are over if that was the best he could do. Following today`s hearing, it has now become crystal clear that Dr. Mallia was right in asking those questions to Dr. Samuel. Let me remind you that in his initial testimony Samuel stated under oath that he had no contacts whatsoever with Vince Farrugia`s daughter. Yet there is evidence that the two had contacted each other via SMS`s on at least five occasions. Is this perjury or not? During that same period Dr Samuel also had several other contacts with Vince Farrugia`s son. Instead of criticising Dr Mallia`s action she should criticise the preferential treatment given to Vince Farrugia. Why did Dr Samuel perform the Bone Scan on Vince Farrugia when all the X-Rays showed that there were no fractures whatsoever? Is it true that prior to the 23 March 2010 Farrugia was the only person that underwent this exam and that no other patient suspected of having broken ribs was ever given such treatment? Can the Medical Council investigate this occurrence? Samuel had testified that Vince Farrugia was referred to him by Profs Joe Debono. Yet the evidence shows that on the 15 March 2010 Vince Farrugia was contacted by his daughter who lives abroad and informed him that she had just asked Dr Samuel to do a special scan on his ribs to check if there`s a fracture. She added that this will make no difference in terms of treatment but helps court case. She also informed him that Dr Samuel will contact him through her brother. In fact, during today`s hearing the defence proved Farrugia`s daughter had sent two SMS`s to Samuel that same day apart from the other three SMS`s that were exchanged between them on the 23 March 2010. Furthermore the defence also proved that it was Samuel who first contacted Farrugia`s son and not the other way round. One should also ask why should Vince Farrugia send an SMS to his son (a day before the first court sitting) telling him “din tac-certifikati hallejna wisq f`idejhom. You should get advise from Konrad and Anthony Samuel tonight. Jekk jixhdu soft johorgu l-pulizija u lilna ta` hmir. Xi hadd minnhom irid jghid li any blow could have killed me”. In reply to one of the comments posted on the internet by one of the readers Daphne said – “It is never correct to impugn the character of a witness without just cause. Just cause does not mean getting your client off or getting him a lower sentence. Just cause means having evidence or an indication that the doctor did in fact do such a thing, not throwing out a wild accusation just for the sheer hell of it.”. Well, does she consider that the contacts made between Samuel and Farrugia`s two children is enough evidence to warrant Dr Mallia`s line of questioning to Anthony Samuel. From the outset, it was evidently clear that all of her articles concerning this case favoured Vince Farrugia. There is no doubt about it. I am fully aware that information concerning this incident was forwarded to her by the same Vince Farrugia through a common friend by the name of M.D. In my opiniom, their sole intention was to portray Vince Farrugia as a martyr and Sandro Chetcuti as a horrendous monster. By the way, happy 2nd anniversary.

In an article carried in The Malta Independent of the 29 July 2010 (as well as on the internet) Daphne Caruana Galizia chose to attack the integrity of Dr. Manwel Mallia because in her opinion, Dr. Mallia attempted to discredit Anthony Samuel, when testifying in court a couple of days earlier. According to her, Dr. Mallia, and I quote, “had the nerve to ask Samuel – in that archaic criminal lawyer fashion which suggests that he had indeed done so – whether he had inflated and exaggerated Farrugia’s injuries as a favour to his friends, Farrugia’s son and daughter. Mallia, again perhaps because he trawls through muck for a living, appears not to understand just how serious a slur this is. And in terms of credibility, it is akin to Anglu Farrugia’s ‘PN agents bought Labour votes’. Mallia is spending far too much time with those people”. She concluded by saying that his glory days as a criminal lawyer are over if that was the best he could do. Following today`s hearing, it has now become crystal clear that Dr. Mallia was right in asking those questions to Dr. Samuel. Let me remind you that in his initial testimony Samuel stated under oath that he had no contacts whatsoever with Vince Farrugia`s daughter. Yet there is evidence that the two had contacted each other via SMS`s on at least five occasions. Is this perjury or not? During that same period Dr Samuel also had several other contacts with Vince Farrugia`s son. Instead of criticising Dr Mallia`s action she should criticise the preferential treatment given to Vince Farrugia. Why did Dr Samuel perform the Bone Scan on Vince Farrugia when all the X-Rays showed that there were no fractures whatsoever? Is it true that prior to the 23 March 2010 Farrugia was the only person that underwent this exam and that no other patient suspected of having broken ribs was ever given such treatment? Can the Medical Council investigate this occurrence? Samuel had testified that Vince Farrugia was referred to him by Profs Joe Debono. Yet the evidence shows that on the 15 March 2010 Vince Farrugia was contacted by his daughter who lives abroad and informed him that she had just asked Dr Samuel to do a special scan on his ribs to check if there`s a fracture. She added that this will make no difference in terms of treatment but helps court case. She also informed him that Dr Samuel will contact him through her brother. In fact, during today`s hearing the defence proved Farrugia`s daughter had sent two SMS`s to Samuel that same day apart from the other three SMS`s that were exchanged between them on the 23 March 2010. Furthermore the defence also proved that it was Samuel who first contacted Farrugia`s son and not the other way round. One should also ask why should Vince Farrugia send an SMS to his son (a day before the first court sitting) telling him “din tac-certifikati hallejna wisq f`idejhom. You should get advise from Konrad and Anthony Samuel tonight. Jekk jixhdu soft johorgu l-pulizija u lilna ta` hmir. Xi hadd minnhom irid jghid li any blow could have killed me”. In reply to one of the comments posted on the internet by one of the readers Daphne said – “It is never correct to impugn the character of a witness without just cause. Just cause does not mean getting your client off or getting him a lower sentence. Just cause means having evidence or an indication that the doctor did in fact do such a thing, not throwing out a wild accusation just for the sheer hell of it.”. Well, does she consider that the contacts made between Samuel and Farrugia`s two children is enough evidence to warrant Dr Mallia`s line of questioning to Anthony Samuel. From the outset, it was evidently clear that all of her articles concerning this case favoured Vince Farrugia. There is no doubt about it. I am fully aware that information concerning this incident was forwarded to her by the same Vince Farrugia through a common friend by the name of M.D. In my opiniom, their sole intention was to portray Vince Farrugia as a martyr and Sandro Chetcuti as a horrendous monster. By the way, happy 2nd anniversary.

@ Kelinu If i'm, not mistaken - and i stand to be corrected - the court had sequestered Farrugia's mobile phone.

Funny how the defense got hold of SMS between the Farrugia family? It seems highly unlikely that the Farrugias gave their private SMS's to the defense lawyers. What does this say about the privacy of local telecommunications?

All in the family.Hope that this court case shows all the real story of how it all happened

A real mess this country is in. Such things are becoming a norm.

Bloody unbelievable! And what hurts more is that the Maltese have got used to this dirt and filth. They suffer from learned helplessness!

Will GRTU be commemorating the day St Vincent Farrugia(Cinque)got beaten up next year?

Ma nafx x'naqbad naghmel nidhaq jew nibki f'dan l-imbierek pajjiz x'inhu jigr? Kieku jiena l-Magistrat kieku llum tajt is-sentenza u kienet tkun kullhadd imur b'li ha ghax donnu dan it-tahwid tal-hbieb li jafu l-hbied dahal kullimkien. U tal-Qorti jridu joqghodu attenti minn din ix-xibka ta' hbiberija ghax fuq xhieda (li tista tkun tajba jew falza jew inkorretta) akkuzat jista jigi liberat, jista jehel multa/habs/sentenza sospiza etc u jkun wehilha ghax dak ix-xhud ma jkunx qal il-verita. Jew bhal f'dan il-kaz kieku kont il-vittma jiena kieku lili X-Rays biss kienu johduli u ma kien igib xejn ksur u allura b'din ir-raguni jiena nghid li l-Qorti ghandha toqghod fuq l-X-Rays biss u mhux fuq it-test l-iehor la ma giex ordnat mill-Qorti u l-espert tal-Qorti (f'danil-kaz Dr. Mario xerri) ghalhekk jigi mqabbad biex jaghti l-opinjoni tieghu u dik tholl u torbot kollox (ghalija).

Kull fejn iddawwar ghajnejk f'dan il-pajjiz tal-Micky Mouse, "Xejn Sew", min huwa l-aqwa ihallawel Veru hawn id-Demokrazzija fuq din il-bicca blata.

Funny how the phrases 'Circle of friends' and 'Friends of friends' instantly come to mind after reading this article.