Court protests that psychiatrist is taking too long to file his report; court then discovers that psychiatrist died seven years ago
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May 31, 2014 at 1:50am
You couldn’t make it up. It’s not as though there is an army of psychiatrists in Malta, and that they are all on the list of court-appointed experts.
You’d think somebody would have noticed this particular one had been dead for SEVEN years when they appointed him to analyse a man and file a report.
Times of Malta originally reported that the psychiatrist, Joe Pisani, had been dead for two years, but The Malta Independent reports that he has actually been dead for seven.
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http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20140529/local/psychiatrist-appointed-to-review-alleged-cat-killer-died-two-years-ago.521089
http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2014-05-30/news/psychiatrist-appointed-by-court-in-cat-killer-case-died-7-years-ago-not-2-5247565824/
What are the Moviment’s views when magistrates appoint their spouse/partner as court expert (basically a direct order)?
What are the Law Commissioner’s views?
Are we, who finally pay, entitled to know how much these experts have earned in such commissions, awarded to them by their spouse/partner?
Malta Today – Banner Headline yesterday evening :
Faith of ‘wrongly accused’ man in Constitutional Court’s hands
By this morning, they had committed to apostasy :
Fate of ‘wrongly accused’ man in Constitutional Court’s hands
I don’t know whether to laugh or cry.
http://mariataxkieli.blogspot.com/
If this had to happen before March 2013, there would have been some cock-a-doodle collector rushing to parliament topresent a motion for the demotion of the Justice Minister. How times change.
Have you ever seen the process by which a cock is turned into a capon?
Great comment.
I often wonder how the so-called “Court experts” are appointed ?
http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2014-05-31/news/court-appointed-experts-system-a-racket-based-on-personal-contacts-5253922818/
http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2014-05-31/news/court-appointed-experts-system-a-racket-based-on-personal-contacts-5253922818/
I have the impression that there is even a ‘system’ of inheritance.
Someone once uttered ‘Il-pajjiz tal-Mickey Mouse’. He forgot to mention Minnie, Goofy et al.
Oh and by the way… Christmas Carol was presiding.
‘Court appointed experts system a ‘racket’ based on personal contacts’ Malta Independent
Some share surnames while others share beds.
‘Court protests that psychiatrist is taking too long to file his report; court then discovers that psychiatrist died seven years ago’
Were they expecting him to leave it in his will?
Malta: The land where dead psychiatrists are appointed court experts and where diving equipment leads to the evacuation of an airport.
It was not the diving equipment itself – it was the ‘traces of explosives’ on the equipment.
That goes to show how sophisticated the scanning equipment is. It can detect ‘traces of explosives’ by viewing the equipment electronically – and, presumably, smelling the substance.
Ma naghmlux mod li hu wiehed minn dawk rapportati li ma gabrux il-vot ukoll hux?
Vera farsa.
Most comments refer on the absurdity of the situation, but what the public is entitled to know, through an independent investigation, is why the court was not aware that the person chosen as its expert had been dead for so long, how long was it before it learned this fact, and how can all this be justified?
Will any disciplinary action be taken against anyone? If not, why bother to change such inefficiency?