This is the policeman who sent drinks to Consuelo, and with whom she left the restaurant
Will somebody please tell me whether it's Robert I'm feeling here?
Superintendent charged with bribery
By MaltaMedia News
Jun 26, 2006, 17:31 CET
Superintendent Patrick Spiteri was arraigned in court on Monday afternoon, charged with accepting bribes.
The 49-year-old Superintendent from Fgura, was accused in front of Magistrate Consuelo Scerri Herrera of involvement in corruption practices allegedly also including helping criminals instead of carrying out his duties and responsibilities.
Superintendent Patrick Spiteri pleaded not guilty to the charges. However, the Court ordered Spiteri under house arrest on a deposit of LM1,000 to the Court Registry and against a personal guarantee of LM5,000.
The charges brought against Mr Spiteri were that as a Police official he committed the offences while he was on duty instead of assuring that these crimes are not committed and did not investigate them. He was accused of not passing on information in order to get personal advantages from persons which justice should have been sought. He was also accused of assisting persons in underground money games.
Superintendent Spiteri was also accused of stealing a firearm last Saturday from the Valletta Police Station and keeping this firearm without having the necessary rights to do so.
The investigations are being led by Police Commissioner John Rizzo and Assistant Police Commissioner Michael Cassar.
Assistant Police Commissioner Michael Cassar said that he does not agree that Mr Spiteri should be granted bail since this case damaged the public faith vis-à-vis the Police Institution.
Defense lawyer Joe Giglio said that this does not have anything to do yet with the case considering that Mr Spiteri is still presumed as innocent. The Court ruled its understanding of the seriousness of the case and ordered house arrest also for the defendant’s safety.
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In response to the caption:
No, but the one feeling her looks like Charlon Gouder. Aren’t those his glasses peeping out of the lion’s mane?
This photo looks like it was taken shortly before or after the one where Charlon’s stuck to her side and the other Super One lothario’s stuck to the other.
“Magistrate Scerri Herrera grants Spiteri bail on condition that he does not leave his home unless granted permission by the court. ”
http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/2006/07/02/t3.html
Magistrate Scerri Herrera put superintendent Patrick Spiteri under house arrest and said that he would require the permission of the court to leave his home.
Was he allowed home visits?
Perhaps Robert Musumeci’s brother has a picnic cooler large enough to smuggle him out of the house in. ‘Hawn, gibtlek is-supratendent ha jibaghtlek ftit drinks mhallsa bil-protection money.’
Tghid hu Robert hadlu xi picnic cooler bhala ‘escape device’?
I can imagine.
Ring ring. Ring ring.
Hawn, ghandi bzonn nohrog Paceville illejla.
Mur Pat, issa nibghatlek il-permess ghada.
Ha nigi mieghek
Daphne can you give us the outcome of this case?
The case is still on-going I believe. After almost 4 years, his house must be stacked to the brim with court permissions to leave the house. Or he’s become a hermit.
Oh for a moment there I MISTOOK ‘hermit’ for Kermit.
If you want a permit, go to Kermit.
http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/2006/07/16/t4.html
Thursday, 13 July, 2006
Protection money
The court hears how former police superintendent Patrick Spiteri for six whole years accepted Lm100 a month from three men involved in clandestine lotto as protection money for informing them about any police raids.
Spiteri, 49, of Fgura is pleading not guilty to accepting bribes to exercise his influence on decisions taken by the police. He is also charged with extortion, abusing his authority, disclosing official secrets and committing crimes he was in duty bound to prevent.
Assistant Commissioner Michael Cassar is co-leading the investigations, eh?
No wonder she was so eager to use his name to polish her reputation, such as it is.
Which bit of it, exactly, does she think has been defamed?
“The Court ruled its understanding of the seriousness of the case and ordered house arrest also for the defendant’s safety. ”
Just love this bit.
Nista’ nagħmel reklam, Daphne?
http://www.remax-malta.com/AgentProfile.aspx?sid=f2308d01-6508-4f5a-9e12-c0c8a6ac99ce&AgentID=240061006
Il-vera kaz li kullhadd isib l-impieg hawn Malta. And then the Labour Party talks about rising unemployment.
Is he teleworking from home or asking permission everytime he is with a client?
How the hell can he sell property while under house arrest? I thought Remax was much more serious than that.
Maybe he’s no longer under house arrest.
And he was also in charge of the Administrative law enforcement.
No comments……………………….
Did the magistrate accept drinks from Spiteri before or after he appeared before her in court?
If it was before she should have never accepted the case. If it was after then it’s even worse.
[Daphne – It was before. After, he was under house arrest, remember.]
Let us hope that back in 2006 the magistrate didn’t think she was putting Michael Cassar under house arrest.
“The Court ruled its understanding of the seriousness of the case and ordered house arrest also for the defendant’s safety.”
If that was the case, House Muscic, then “let us hope” that she did not mistake Patrick Spiteri for the defendent.
One of his clients, a hawker who used to practise clandestine lotto, was found guilty less than a year ago and was sentenced to two years imprisonment.
[Daphne – Dawn il-hawkers il-vera ghandhom hajja interessanti. Sex for vegetables, clandestine lotto with Consuelo’s policeman friend….well, if all else fails.]
Most probably he already knew that he was risking to be arraigned before her one day!
That is why he was sending her drinks.