Sandro Chetcuti gave PBO donations before he was turned into ‘Labour villain’

Former GRTU official, accused of attempted murder of Vince Farrugia, was a regular PN donor before spin turned him into Labour associate.

29 August 2010, 12:00am

MaltaToday on Sunday reports on how PN secretary-general Paul Borg Olivier solicited money from developer Sandro Chetcuti, 38, before he was accused of the attempted murder of GRTU director Vince Farrugia.

Chetcuti was charged with assaulting Farrugia at the GRTU offices in March 2010 and accused of attempted murder.

In the process, he was turned into a ‘Labour associate’ by Nationalist party organs. In the ensuing media coverage, Chetcuti was portrayed as a member of the Labour business bureau and close to Opposition leader Joseph Muscat.