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Bitter father's day for convicted Briton
It’s a bitter father’s day for Briton Tristan Haynes who is currently serving a four year jail term in Malta over an alleged road rage incident that happened eight years ago
20 June 2010, 12:00am
Karl Stagno-Navarra
Karl Stagno-Navarra
1 min read
“Together with my family, I have been through the worst eight years of my life, and matters get worse as I am going through the trauma of hearing my six year-old daughter not recognising me anymore as her father, because I have unjustly been away from her for too long,” a weeping Tristan Haynes told MaltaToday from Corradino prisons.
Haynes, 41 from Bedfordshire was sentenced last January by Magistrate Jacquline Padovani Grima, and has since not been given a date for his appeal to be heard. He insists that his accusers have “grossly contradicted themselves and each other,” adding that “there is no harmony or corroboration in anything they say.”
Tristan Haynes was arrested in May 2003 after a minor collision between two cars on the Bahar ic-Caghaq Coast Road. During an argument that allegedly ensued between the parties involved in the collision, Haynes was accused of seriously injuring two men, allegedly with ‘kung-fu’ moves. He strongly denies this claim, and accused the duty doctor who saw to one of the men in hospital of issuing a wrong diagnosis, as he certified him as being ‘critical’ when in fact the man had a simple epilepsy fit and nothing more.
The rest of this story appears in MaltaToday on Sunday
joseph vassallo •
The fact that Tristain was already cleared once by the courts points to his innocence and I truly hope that as more light is shed on his case and the details brought forward that this whole mess will be exposed.
His family and community suffer the loss of his absence and await his return. Let the truth be unveiled.
Victor Seguna •
Tristan has suffered way more than 4 years worth already due to this whole ordeal. Is there no justice anymore. Keep tight Tristan and your beautiful family, time will pass and this nightmare will be over.
Mario Fava •
I feel so sorry for this man. Malta has a long standing practice of injustice toward foreigners and get out my country attitude as well a justice is blind legal system which openly protects those who are of influence. Shame on the Maltese people for not standing up toward this system as it affects everybody, locals and foreigners alike. Unfortunately, I believe this will never change.
john debattista •
We have been following this case in the USA as well. It does look like a one sided road rage gone bad, case. I feel sorry for both parties. But to ruin a mans life over something that could have been resolved in a simpler kinder way. Either through restitution or comunity service. Their were two parties that started the incident. I'm sure we do not have all the infomation to make a brash decision like 4 years in prison. And more stress on both family's. Courts should rule to help incidents like this be resolved and possibly help make new friends out of the indifferences they may have had. I dont belive the punishment fit the bill on this case. I feel sorry to see that this man has been taken away from his family. And the judgement people will have to carry with them for making a decision like that.The courts action was not fit for a family man but for someone that needed to be repremended.
Joe Calleja •
Thank you (Malta Today) for the article. Let's hope that the General attorney will give access to Karl Stagno to interview Tristan Haynes in prison so you will be able to run the whole story.
I am sure that they have not authorised access till now because they are afraid that once the media visit Tristan THE TRUTH will be presented and all the FACTS about Tristan's case will give given to the public.
This should open a new port hole and should get the Maltese people interested and maybe we will get more support.
Thank you once again
