I thought it was common knowledge that if you were on the ‘other side’ in those days and wanted an import licence there was a minimum 5-10% per container to be paid to the Patrick Holland / Joe Zammit (l-Ayatollah) etc consortium.. and if you didn’t.. well, life for all around you became hell on earth with different sorts of extended paybacks.

The Żeppi l-Ħafi case needs answering too at some point. Nothing ‘unintelligent’ about it.

[Daphne – Naf, qalbi. Il-familja tieghi mil-Belt ukoll.]

One morning on my arrival, I saw an ambulance going out from the pitch, and asked what happened.

I was told that a lawyer by the name of Ettore Lucia had been beaten up by Fusellu for complaining about the queues and the delays.

Many times the import licence was refused for those not paying bribes to Fusellu.

Il-Fusellu was a regular at the Astra Hotel parapet too, wasn’t he? That’s where Time Square pub in Sliema’s Ghar id-Dud area is now.

Not one for hanging out in the village bar, was he? He seems to have preferred to be among the tal-pepe’ crowd.

John Bondin aka il-Fusellu and Jean Agius were two of six then youths charged with having grieviously injured four men serving on HMS Hermes with a sharp and pointed instrument and other objects during a brawl.

They were also charged with having made violent and unauthorized entry into Sacha Night Club in Paceville after closing hours and causing damage inside the club and disturbing the public peace. John Bondin aka il-Fusellu was also charged with contravening a probation order.

This was in retaliation against il-Fusellu and friend having been thrown out of the night club for causing trouble. They returned with another four friends, pushed their way in and provoked a brawl by breaking a stool over a man’s head. Patrick Holland was among the defence counsel when the youths were prosecuted.

This was in 1970, when the club owner could call the police and il-Fusellu, Jean Agius & Co would run away.

Then Mintoff became Prime Minister, heralding 16 years of hell, Patrick Holland became (ahem) minister of trade, il-Fusellu became untouchable bribe broker-in-chief, and the police force became a tool of tyranny spawning the Inspector with current pretensions to the Ministry of Justice and Home Affairs.

A fungus. No one who reasons like that could possibly be real. He should sign up here:

http://bonehead.lerman.biz/php/SignsOfUnintelligentLife.php