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Suspended sentence for man who bound girlfriend for two days after telling him she was leaving
Suspended jail term for man who kept his girlfriend bound to a chair for two days after informing him that she was dumping him.
25 July 2012, 12:00am
Karl Stagno-Navarra
Karl Stagno-Navarra
1 min read
The Court noted the accused's difficult and turbulent childhood had caused him attitude and anger management problems.
David Azzopardi, 23 of Senglea was handed a one and a half years jail term, suspended for three, after he was found guilty of arresting his girlfriend, injuring her with a knife, threatening her with death and breaching public peace.
Azzopardi was arrested in 2008, after he had bound his girlfriend who told him that she was leaving him. He kept her tied for two days.
Magistrate Miriam Hayman, who handed judgment said that while the court noted Azzopardi's "difficult and turbulent" childhood, which caused him attitude and anger management problems, these were no excuse for his actions.
"Your behaviour is not acceptable in society," Magistrate Hayman told Azzopardi, adding that besides imposing a suspended jail term, she was placing him under a supervision order for a year-and-a-half.
Azzopardi was also ordered to attend programmes on domestic violence and anger management.
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What ever one do will get away with suspended sentence,only the drugs will put people in prison, how stupid it is the system. No wonder why we have lots of lunitics runing in the street.
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What ever one do will get away with suspended sentence,only the drugs will put people in prison, how stupid it is the system. No wonder why we have lots of lunitics runing in the street.
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this is considered kidnapping. the man should be in jail
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Great, is this how protected people are in society? Is this the kind of society we are trying to have and emulate? This man is clearly dangerous and aggressive and the victim has undergone a traumatising experience due to this man's behaviour. Difficult upbringing is not an excuse! How safe can Malta be with such people on the loose? This is the kind of behaviour we should be discouraging and focusing on eliminating... not skinny dipping and marijuana-smoking!!
