Tourists witness assault on Gozo Channel captain
Gozo Channel operations manager allegedly assaults one of the company’s captains in Ghasri, Gozo.
19 August 2012, 12:00am
Julia Farrugia
Julia Farrugia
1 min read
Four tourists witnessed assault on a Gozo Channel captain by a company manager.
The Gozo Channel operations manager, George Borg has been charged with assaulting Captain Mario Grech. Allegedly the incident happened outside Grech's residence in Ghasri, Gozo.
The case supposedly happened on 1 May but has been kept under wraps. Police reports seen by Sunday newspaper Illum show that Borg was outside the victim's residence just 45 minutes after Grech sent an email to the Gozo Channel chairman and Borg in regards to an incident which occurred a day earlier.
According to Grech, the incident was witnessed by four English nationals who also tried to pacify the situation.
Read more in today's edition of Illum
Julia Farrugia is a former editor of Illum newspaper.
