Maybe he used his trousers to parachute his way down, sort of a MacGyver manouevre. That would explain the mystery of the missing trousers.

Shame on us because we are not as gullible as Times of Malta or PBS would have us be? Really?

Shame because we are expressing our feelings about the death and mistreatment of a vulnerable girl?

Shame because we think that a teacher should never have been at Dingli Cliffs with his pupil, in his car, at 4am?

Shame because we are disgusted that he had certain pictures of her, and that he had a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old?

I think you’re a bit confused as to who should feel shame.

Sadly that’s what I’m thinking too – that the poor girl was trying to escape from this creep when she fell or he pushed her, and the creep then decided to fake a fall of his own.

That would also explain the fact that he was in his underpants, although the bit about the locked car still doesn’t make sense.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2595346/Troublemaker-teacher-sacked-branding-pupils-feral-calling-one-schoolgirl-cowface-series-Twitter-rants.html

In my view, there are no possible excuses for this “teacher” in behaving the way he did.

However, from day one of this tragedy for the 15-year-old girl I couldn’t help thinking that it is impossible that no one was aware of the situation.

This is after all a tiny island where it is impossible to do anything without coming across someone you know.

In fact it has been implied that they were known to hang out together. Moreover, the missing persons report featured on newspapers certainly gave the impression that they had gone missing together.

Does this therefore imply that the families were aware of their “relationship”? If so, how could it not have been reported to the appropriate authorities? Why do most people, especially parents, believe that they should not report such instances in order to deal with the matter in-house.

Just because a person becomes a parent does not automatically mean that parents are equipped to handle all situations which may arise. What is so wrong in asking for help?

Is reporting a clearly wrong situation to the relevant authorities looked down upon as a solution for fear of stigma, taboo, judgement etc? And even if you are branded in a particular way, isn’t that always a better option than losing a loved one, especially in this manner?

Erin Tanti was Lisa Maria Zahra’s teacher. That – and not being her friend – was his role, whatever he or anyone else may think. As an adult and as a teacher, Tanti had responsibilities towards his minor pupil. Keeping a professional distance was one of them. That excluded meeting her outside school hours, picking her up in his car, keeping her away from home, driving her to Dingli cliffs, doing heaven knows what to her inside and outside his car, with her ending up dead at the bottom of a cliff.

If Tanti’s experience was traumatic and horrific, that is entirely his own fault. He drove his own car to Dingli cliffs in the dead of night. His pupil’s experience was far, far more horrific. Tanti is alive. His pupil’s dead. She didn’t drive herself to Dingli cliffs. He did.

Magenbha?

The girl was far away from the rock he so comfortably rested on.

At least Romeo and Juliet lay next to each other when one of them was still alive.

What a stupid 15 year old lot are all those friends who flocked in here to declare how much he cared for her. He most certainly did not.

The school did say that he had a teaching warrant! Like Daphne found his crazy posts and photos on Facebook, the school should have done the same.

Not only that he did not have a warrant but that they let a nut case teach. I’m sure more has to come out about that school.

This is not the first or second case in that school and they should really start taking care of their pupils and not only the money. I hope the school will be responsible enough now, after what happened, to investigate and make sure that all teachers, from kindergarten to senior level, have a proper warrant.

[Daphne – Yes, that’s one thing that needs to be done. But then again, it is the warrant process which needs to be worked on. Vince Taliana has a warrant, and look at him.]

To supply a 15 year old girl with aspirins and alcohol, and taking her to a place such as Dingli Cliffs where the possibility of a fall could be fatal is highly irresponsible.

I am of the opinion the purchase of aspirins and alcohol prior to driving to Dingli Cliffs is a premeditated act to drive the young girl to her eternal life. There are some countries that know how to deal with this obnoxious person.

“The two were found injured at the foot of Dingli Cliffs this afternoon. Speaking to MaltaToday, a police spokesperson said foul play was being ruled out. ” ( http://www.wwww.maltatoday.com.mt/printversion/37102/#.UzX6VRRwbIU )