EXCLUSIVE: MANUEL MALLIA KNEW SHEEHAN THROUGH BOXING

Published: December 8, 2014 at 10:05pm

At his press conference a day after the shooting, Manuel Mallia said that he barely knew Paul Sheehan and that he had been assigned to him.

Then people began to remember that Sheehan used to go door-to-door canvassing with him in the last general election. But now I can report beyond that, and I have an instinctive feeling that this brings us closer to the nature of the Sheehan-Mallia relationship and the source of the fracas that night in Gzira.

These are photographs taken at a boxing match between Billy the Hitman Corito (Malta) and Bam Bam (England) on 1 July 2011 at the Orpheum in Gzira. You can see clearly – I’ve ringed them in red – that Paul Sheehan is crew for Billy the Hitman while Manuel Mallia is there to root for him with Codruta Cristian and Joe L-Olandiz.

In one of these photographs, you can see Manuel Mallia celebrating with Billy the Hitman when he comes out the winner, as Sheehan claps and looks on while wearing a Billy the Hitman Crew T-shirt.

A reader who was there at that match, and who sent me these photographs, said:

“The place was filled with notorious criminals. Manuel Mallia didn’t know Sheehan? My arse. I can confirm that they were there together that night. Mallia seemed very comfortable hanging around with criminals. He had a very cold look that night.

The rumour was that he had a big lump sum of money on the match – obviously illegal betting. The hamalli level was unbelievable. Mallia was also seated in a VIP seat as you can observe in the first picture.”

Manuel Mallia sits with Codruta Cristian and Joe L-Olandiz in the VIP seats at the match where he was rooting for Billy the Hitman

Manuel Mallia sits with Codruta Cristian and Joe L-Olandiz in the VIP seats at the match where he was rooting for Billy the Hitman

Paul Sheehan, ringed in red

Paul Sheehan, ringed in red

Paul Sheehan, back to the camera in 'Hitman crew' shirt

Paul Sheehan, back to the camera in ‘Hitman crew’ shirt

Manuel Mallia had a large bet on Billy the Hitman and here he is congratulating him as Sheehan looks on and claps

Manuel Mallia had a large bet on Billy the Hitman and here he is congratulating him as Sheehan looks on and claps

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Hard to believe this is Malta's minister for the police and the army - like something from a South American dictatorship circa 1985

Hard to believe this is Malta’s minister for the police and the army – like something from a South American dictatorship circa 1985

Looks like PS for Local Government Stefan 'GM21' Buontempo is a big fan too.

Looks like PS for Local Government Stefan ‘GM21’ Buontempo is a big fan too.




28 Comments Comment

  1. Joey has no balls says:

    The Labour Party’s TV station so far has been blissfully unaware of the PM’s press briefing.

  2. Andy says:

    Actually, I believe Mallia when he says he didn’t know Sheehan. Just like I believe Muscat when he said he didn’t know Shiv Nair.

  3. Suspicious says:

    Seems that Sheehan took his T shirt wording literally

  4. Nighthawk says:

    Interestingly the new Commissioner is the only senior policeman involved in the John Dalli investigation who didn’t think Dalli should be charged.

    [Daphne – That’s not correct at all. He said that Silvio Zammit and Dalli should have been charged together.]

  5. Mila says:

    Seems that Kurt Farrugia is whiter than white according to the PM, how exactly does this fit into what happened?

    Who has the authority to give Kurt Farrugia orders, is it not the PM?

  6. jack says:

    Is that Ciangura (JPO’s ‘driver’ – first left) in the first picture?

  7. ciccio says:

    Joseph Muscat has asked Don Manwel Mallia to resign.

    “He said Dr Mallia was not involved in any attempted cover-up but he should have ensured that a statement issued by the government shortly after the incident was accurate, and he should have corrected inaccuracies immediately.”

    I am asking Joseph Muscat to resign.

    As the Prime Minister in charge of the Department of Information, “he should have ensured that a statement issued by the government shortly after the incident was accurate, and he should have corrected inaccuracies immediately.”

    I am also asking Kurt Farrugia to resign.

    As the Chief Communications Officer in charge of government communications at the OPM, he too “should have ensured that a statement issued by the government shortly after the incident was accurate, and he should have corrected inaccuracies immediately.”

    http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20141208/local/manuel-mallia.547479

  8. say it straight says:

    It looks more like he is slapping his ass to me.

  9. Wheels within Wheels says:

    Could this be the source of those 500,000 euros?

    It is insane that we are left guessing in this too.

    Let us not forget that this was another lie of Mallia’s that these were proceeds from a property sale that never existed.

    And this lie went on the wayside. Mallia has built a career lying to save the skin of criminals, it is going to be a small thing to lie to save himself.

  10. FP says:

    Energija Pozittiva ‏@maltapozittiva 1m1 minute ago
    @TeamMDM @EyeOnMalta — @JosephMuscat_JM is all bark and no bajd. #oksiehbi #malliamustgo

  11. aidan says:

    Fir-ritratt ta’ fuq, dak ta’ bilwieqfa libes qmis striped, dak Lee Roy Balzan, is-surgent li tressaq il-qorti?

  12. Mandy says:

    Horrible people. Truly another Malta.

  13. La Redoute says:

    Why is Mallia grabbing a boxer’s bottom?

  14. Min Jaf says:

    Midhla sew mid-dehra, min kif qed jaqbadlu s*rmu.

  15. U Le! says:

    Anglu, Godfrey and Manuel, the story of three unequal animals in our local version of Animal Farm.

  16. Gaetano Pace says:

    The bottom picture, it looks like Hitman was the goose that laid the golden eggs and Mallia is waiting for his.

  17. Makjavel says:

    This explains the €500,000 in cash under the mattress.

    Betting in these places is in cash ONLY.

    Mallia is involved in illegal gambling, apparently.

  18. majmuma says:

    From the hugs and kisses it seems it was win win situation. Now where’ s that saqqu tat- tiben?

  19. Joe Fenech says:

    Why would a lawyer choose to be part of these circles except if he’s touting for clients?

  20. Wheels within Wheels says:

    Every time the man opens his mouth he lies.

  21. nothingbutthetruth says:

    The look on the child’s face (pic 2) says it all: “Ghalfejn gibtuni hawn?”

  22. ken il malti says:

    This Mallia character is too sleazy to care.

  23. nothingbutthetruth says:

    The look on the child’s face (pic 2) says it all: “Ghalfejn gibtuni hawn?”

  24. J. Borg says:

    Buontempo for next Minister of the Interior perhaps? :-)

  25. Oh Yeah says:

    Kollha Laburisti mill-Gzira li hemm f’dawk ir-ritratti. Hemm min anke poggewh fuq bord u lanqas jaf jikteb bil-Malti.

    [Daphne – More details, please.]

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