For the record: Edward Sapiano DID NOT SAY any of the above. He has no knowledge of this discussion. It appears someone used his name, which they read somewhere, for their own comments.

I do not take your word for it.

And somewhere else, probably in the criminal code (although I am not an expert) there is a phrase that should run something like “no citizen is deemed guilty of any crime unless deemed so by a court of law”.

May I ask Ms Caruana Galizia whether being a member of the press gives her the right to override these two very basic cornerstones of our justice system? Oh yes . . . I forgot .. . in these days of “trial by the press” those provisions have been deemed totally unnecessary and any two-bit reporter can sit on his/her chair and pronounce sentences having been appointed judge / jury / counsel for prosecution / counsel for defense all rolled into one.

Slinging mud is never a pretty picture and, as you yourself say, is about as low as you can get . . . but that also includes slinging mud against one of our country’s finest legal minds and, on a personal note, someone who has been recognised, to be a real gentleman !!!!!

You are wrong Dr Saliba. Not always! And Daphne censored my last reply.

[Daphne – I didn’t. I merely deleted it as is my right, so as not to render this comments section utterly boring through your endless repetition. You clearly have an axe to grind – not about this case, but about something you were involved in.]

Is Dr. Peter Paul Zammit the ex cop?

I don’t give a damn about Sandro. What is presented in court is the report of the consultant. What backs that report is kept in hospital and can be easily manipulated, lost or deleeted. Yes the report can say that there are broken bones when it does not show on the x-ray. That is what I mean by false report! Want to bet? Int rasek iebsa!

[Daphne – If Manwel Mallia suspected that the X-rays had been ‘manipulated’ or lost, rest assured he would have asked for them to be examined in court.]

Dapfne, tifimnix hazin. M’ghandi l-ebda interess f’dan il-kaz. Iggieghelnix naqla l-files ha nurik ghax m’ghandix aptit imma nassigurak li l-affarijiet xi kultant ma jimxux kif timmagina li suppost ghandom jimxu.

Jien tiskantani xi kultant kemm tilghaba ta mara innocenti!

You are wrong. He is seen by a doctor on duty then referred to a consultant maybe days later. I will check about the days. You can ask for your friend consultant to examine you if you have contacts. Tahseb li taf imma ma tafx!

[Daphne – You really do have a problem, don’t you. I have used A & E several times, and know EXACTLY what the procedure is. When you present with broken bones, X-rays are taken there and then. X-rays cannot be falsified. The consultant might look at the X-rays a day later, but the X-rays are taken on admission. A consultant cannot falsify a report on broken bones because, as Anthony Samuel pointed out (though he didn’t need to) the report is based on incontrovertible evidence: X-rays. In other words, nobody could have possibly exaggerated the number of broken ribs or the nature of those fractures because it’s right there on what Sandro Chetcuti would no doubt call an extrain.]

In my opinion it is unethical for a medical consultant to examine and then issue medical reports of a family friend no matter how good his standing is. He should have referred his friend to another consultant if he knew that his reports are going to be presented in court as evidence. This would have eliminated this doubt. Taf int! Bhal ma jaghmlu l-Magistrati w l-Imhallfin.

[Daphne – Don’t be bloody ridiculous. When a seriously injured patient is taken in through Accident & Emergency Department of a general hospital, he or she is seen by the consultant on duty. It is taken as read that the consultant on duty is not going to fabricate a report. What was to stop somebody who didn’t know Farrugia from fabricating a report? Back in the days, the people who took bribes for anything and everything from a colour television to an import licence didn’t have a personal relationship with the person doing the bribing. They just took the money. Grow up. Honestly. And what do people do, who know all the consultants? Are they to be denied justice because of arseholes like Manwel Mallia?]