The judge didn't believe Noel Arrigo
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November 24, 2009 at 12:51pm
And why should he? If a man is as good as his word, then the former chief justice’s word is worthless. The verdict has been delivered: guilty on all counts.
The sentence will be handed down later on today or tomorrow.
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People shall regain confidence in our courts with this judgement.
I think we should wait for the punishment before saying that…
…hoping it won’t consist of a suspended sentence.
I think that, in this particular case, the actual punishment is not that important. Showing that not even the mighty are above or beyond the law is.
Why don’t they give him to the local Iman? I understand he has some interesting ideas on punishment.
Good! If he was in the wrong he should pay the consequences.
Time to close the book and move on. Unless Arrigo decides to appeal.
yeah only if he gets put in the jail house where he belongs like everybody else …no special treatment
… and amongst criminals whom he convicted himself, to remind him that he is merely one of them.
I meant to say “sentenced” by him, not “convicted” …
I can only imagine how difficult it must have been for the presiding judge to pass judgement on his ex-superior.
I feel sure that all the honest judiciary are feeling shame that their ex-collegues have stooped so low.
I sincerely hope the penalty will be the maximum.
Hey, don’t we all wish we could sentence some of our ex-bosses :)
It is now reported that the defence has made submissions for Dr Arrigo’s character, including ex Chief Justice Dr Giuseppe Mifsud Bonnici. It is unbelievable that the latter accepted to do so, after Dr Arrigo brought the judiciary to its knees. Shame on you too, Giuseppe – Ma min rajtek xebbahtek.
[Daphne – Mifsud Bonnici has become like a mejda tal-qubbajt, on every television show going. Quite frankly, I think his mental faculties are no longer what they were and this has been obvious for some time now.]
Giuseppe Mifsud Bonnici:
1) sent an engineer employed at the courts to prison because he failed to repair the A/C unit in the judge’s courtroom;
2) threatened to sue a phone caller on a light discussion programme on RTK;
3) threatened to take then Valletta mayor Paul Borg Olivier to court for passing a light remark during a show on TVM.
I saw him trying to be holier than the Pope on Xarabank last Friday. He is an embarrassment to the post he represents. Joe Debono Grech behaves better than this Emeritus Chief Justice in front of the TV cameras.
In my opinion, dragging priests to the witness stand will only prove that the accused has a split personality, sort of a Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, or was leading a double life.
Another character reference was made by the minister-soon-to-be-EU-commissioner’s brother, who is also a brother of the infamous other Dalli.
Dr Giuseppe MB seemed to be emulating the accused in the way he is throwing character references about. Remember the incident when convicted drug dealer Godfrey Ellul was given a glowing character reference by Arrigo himself, at the time a judge? He said he was convinced that Ellul, an old Edwardian school mate and such a nice chap, could not have known it was drugs he was carrying but ‘only emeralds’! The mind truly boggles.
And Mifsud Bonnici should be put out to pasture.
I thought it was only me that found it difficult to follow Giuseppe Mifsud Bonnici’s arguments on TV. Don’t you think part of his behaviour is performing an act, actions and all? The camera dwells on his facial expressions and his slouching. Even when I agree with what he is saying, I cringe.
I earnestly look forward to the day some of our honourable henchmen are made to go through the same treatment. But these are the untouchables. Their day of reckoning may only come when they meet the risen Lord at the gates of heaven, hopefully only to be turned away in disgust. I was under the impression our Courts were the highest institution for us plebians. Wonder how long the politicians’ super-protected status will last! I lost all hope, respect and all confidence in institutions. They can only be defined in one word starting with a huge capital ‘R’.