Minister Mallia is making a statement here: standing by his bodyguard in defiance of all the outrage the incident has provoked.

If he could he would stick to the lie that Sheehan fired warning shots in the air to defend himself. Since this has become impossible, Mallia is doing the next ‘best’ thing: defending the shooter.

After all, if the Court finds that Sheehan did not commit a crime, Mallia would be vindicated and the cover-up forgotten. It’s difficult to imagine how Sheehan could be found innocent but stranger things have happened in our Courts.

Tonight he’ll wear his green hat, with red trimmings.

I never missed a single PN mass event in the 1970s and 1980s and never saw Manwel Mallia anywhere, including at Tal-Barrani. I also never saw him at the Stamperija or in any party club. His only link to the PN was that he used to hang around Guido de Marco.

Of course, just because I didn’t notice him doesn’t mean he wasn’t there, but still, it seems strange that I never chanced to see him. He was already well-known at the time.

Moreover, it is not true that Manwel Mallia was the lawyer who handled the Pietru Pawl Busuttil frame-up case. As these scans from The Times show, the only lawyer was Guido de Marco.

I have searched extensively the whole e-archive of The Times of those weeks and no lawyer named Mallia was ever mentioned in any report, column or letter to the editor.

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Yes I get that – but then it’s practicing under false pretences.

If the firm was called “XYZ Law” there would not be (that much of ) an issue; but the firm is called “Emanuel Mallia & Associates” which gives the impression to its clients that Emanuel Mallia heads the firm in partnership with his associates.

Part 2, Chapter 1, Rule 5 of the Code of Ethics: Advocates shall not use a firm name, letterhead or other professional designation of (sic) description which contains misleading information (http://www.snapadministration.com/snapdatafiles/files/chamberofadvocates/633057714342187500.pdf)

You were too young to be there so you are excused. Others shirked their responsibility out of inertia or fear.

I can’t blame the latter as we were prepared for the worst and it was worse still.

The episode was a turning point in our history and the beginning of the end of the the Mintoffian reign of terror. We are just proud to have been there.
Whatever Manuel Mallia says Police under his watch has become a tool in the governments hands. That’s how it all starts.

Has Mallia’s obvious greed now completely taken over, and so clouded his logic to this extent?

Muscat should then do a positive one for Malta and resign.

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20120310/local/Bouncer-walks-free.410415