His injuries are not permanent. Oh, so that’s all right then.
Four young men with Labour MP Luciano Busuttil as their defence counsel were in court this morning facing charges of seriously injuring another young men in a planned assault (the one outside MCAST at Corradino).
They were also charged with threatening his parents by telling them – on Facebook – that their son was going to end up in a wheelchair.
They’re lucky they ended up before Carol Peralta, who has very liberal views on extreme physical violence and its consequences. He gave them a conditional discharge for three years. That’s it. His justification is that the young man’s serious injuries are not permanent. In other words, they didn’t actually cripple him.
Two of them have ‘FUCK JUSTICE’ tattoos on their necks, which the magistrate asked them to read out in court, presumably so that he could go ahead and do precisely that.
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‘FUCK JUSTICE’ indeed.
Come to think of it:
“Two of them have ‘FUCK JUSTICE’ tattoos on their necks, which the magistrate asked them to read out in court, presumably so that he could go ahead and do precisely that.”
It’s a good thing Justice is traditionally portrayed as a woman then. Wouldn’t want anyone to accuse Prelata of being gay, would we?
Actually it was ‘Fuck the justice’, a literal translation from Maltese.
It’s a small wonder that crime is on the increase, albeit slowly. These sort of menaces have nothing to fear of Johnny Law.
When he read ‘FUCK JUSTICE’, he thought he was in for a good time.
A judgement that invites repetition. Shame.
Joey seems to be in deep sh*t according to Commissioner Reding as his ‘cutting edge’ scheme seems to be breaching international law too!
It seems that over the past few days Labour defence lawyers are losing cases and their clients getting suspended sentences. A pattern?
Carol Peralta : You give law a bad name.
What a shameful judgement!
Prosit, Daphne. Taf x’kien jonqoshom? Xi grokk whisky u invit ghal Milied iehor.
Pajjiz tal-MICKEY MOUSE.
Any fines?
” Ms Reding said that if the government would forge ahead with its plans there could be negative consequences but did not elaborate further.” http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20140115/local/citizenship-scheme-clashes-with-eu-treaties-and-international-law.502761#.Utagz8u9KSM
The latest received message is: “It is a trifle naughty to team up and beat up someone so that he ends up in hospital but as long as you do not actually cripple him for life, as you promised, you will be let off lightly this time but make you sure you are not caught again before three years have passed.
And do not dare to “Fuck Justice” yourself. Leave that to your betters.
The courts are already doing a pretty good job at “fucking justice” up all on their own.
This Carol Peralta is unbelievable.
What a sad country!
No wonder some people take the law in their own hands.
“Two of them have ‘FUCK JUSTICE’ tattoos on their necks, which the magistrate asked them to read out in court, presumably so that he could go ahead and do precisely that.”
Fantastic comment!
Carol Peralta by his sentencing is encouraging violence. Apparently, he was never a victim of a crime.
Logically, Peralta is saying that it’s OK for people to go bashing others as long as their injuries are not permanent.
Why is Carol Peralta not suspended until the Commission for Justice Administration decides on whether he should be impeached?
[Daphne – It is not the Commission which decides on impeachment. It is parliament, with a two-thirds majority of the house.]
I hope there is a technical reason because otherwise the Commission and the Chief Justice are, in my view, responsible for Peralta’s miscarriages of justice, including in this case.
I am not at all versed on the subject, but I understand that the Commission’s assessment is one of the intermediary step in the procedure leading to Parliament’s impeachment of a member of the judiciary. Isn’t this what happened in Farrugia Sacco’s case?
[Daphne – No, and no. Prime Minister Gonzi brought the impeachment motion before parliament in December 2012. It was held up until now only because Muscat said then that he wanted to wait to see what the Commission would say. There will be more delaying tactics now, by arrangement. They have started already, with Farrugia Sacco’s lawyers writing to the Speaker to challenge the validity of the motion now that we have a new prime minister. The solution to that is simple: the new prime minister can bring another motion before the house immediately. But impeachment motions are not interrupted by changes in government. Parliament is a separate and distinct institution.]
In any case, someone must have the authority to relieve Carol Peralta from his duties albeit temporarily.
Fuck Justice! Let’s have a party!
Apparently the Christmas Party and treats are still going on in that particular hall.