Comments on: Nobody wants to talk – that magisterial inquiry is going to be difficult

By: Angus Black

Angus Black — Sat, 22 Nov 2014 18:28:35 +0000

In reply to El Mundo. The whistle lost its pea.

By: Jozef

Jozef — Sat, 22 Nov 2014 18:08:11 +0000

In reply to victor. Franco could be eyeing the ministry.

By: Christiaan Huygens

Christiaan Huygens — Sat, 22 Nov 2014 17:24:00 +0000

Watching a recording of an actual Mafia mega-trial on RAI TV some years ago, I once heard a witness testify about a Mafia murder: “Io non c’ero e se c’ero dormivo”.

About the interview in Keith Micallef’s piece, should there be “trigger-happy policemen” in the first place? I think such policemen should not be trusted with any firearm, guidelines or no guidelines.

By: Mila

Mila — Sat, 22 Nov 2014 16:49:22 +0000

Will the magistrate’s inquiry name the senior law enforcement officer on site who should have arrested and breathalyzed the gun-wielding, car-blocking driver, but did not?

Or are we saying that in Malta, any civilian who has an incident with a police officer, whether on police duty or not, will expect the policeman’s buddies to respond and protect the policeman irrespective of whether he is the aggressor or not?

Are we to start being afraid of calling 112 if in distress, just in case someone involved is an anointed police officer?

Why did the police officer on site, who could see that a deadly weapon had been used against another person or his property, not protect the public and arrest Sheehan? Who decided to conclude, in spite of the glaring evidense, who the aggressor was and who was the victim?

Sheehan has his actions to answer for but let this in no way diminish the responsibility of others to carry out THEIR duty. This is a multi-failure incident, it is in Muscat’s interest to deceive us by dangling Sheehan as a carrot when heat should be rightly put to a multi-vegetable soup.

Is Sheehan suspended on full pay?

By: Mila

Mila — Sat, 22 Nov 2014 16:22:09 +0000

In reply to El Mundo. It went the same way as their road map, the finishing line was in a cul-de-sac called 'Election win 2013'. It has not been heard from or seen since.

By: victor

victor — Sat, 22 Nov 2014 15:36:03 +0000

Will Franco be the driver’s lawyer? He will try and get his nose into it .

By: George Grech

George Grech — Sat, 22 Nov 2014 14:28:52 +0000

If Mr. Sheenan ran out of his mother’s house when he heard the ‘violent collision’, how could he have known that the collision was with his/the minister’s car? Didn’t his mother run out after him, seeing how upset her son was, and try to calm him down?

By: Lupin

Lupin — Sat, 22 Nov 2014 13:51:55 +0000

I take it that ‘we are not in the cowboy age now’ to mean that during PN in government years every citizen is free to speak his mind to the verge of abuse, half truths and lies whereas when PL is in government nobody plays the hero any longer.

By: Martin Vella

Martin Vella — Sat, 22 Nov 2014 11:56:50 +0000

In reply to Natalie.

Was this an illicit deal gone sour?

The crime scene was tampered with so we cannot ever know unless a second inquiry is called.

It is clear that the police security was desperate to stop the runaway car and its driver by all means.

By: PWG

PWG — Sat, 22 Nov 2014 11:45:07 +0000

In reply to Natalie. More so if neither of the protagonists are arraigned.