Comments on: PN releases 6th recording: Sheehan tells Police Commissioner other driver is Maltese

By: m.

m. — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 23:07:43 +0000

“L-iskocciz” must be Stephen Morrison Smith’s nickname, which Sheehan must have been aware of all along.

By: Wheels within Wheels

Wheels within Wheels — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 22:11:18 +0000

In reply to Henry James. And the viewership of Net has increased. This story too has helped push up the numbers.

By: Wilfrid Buttigieg

Wilfrid Buttigieg — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 20:23:36 +0000

All so very amateurish and unprofessional! Is this our 200 year old police force? Operates more like a Boy Scout Group, but with guns.

By: Lizz

Lizz — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 19:52:31 +0000

In reply to Mr Meritocracy.

The way PC1388 says ‘fhimtek Sir” at 1:58 says it all.

He knows it shouldn’t be done, but orders are orders.

By: Natalie Mallett

Natalie Mallett — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 19:42:45 +0000

The first few phone calls are real and the others sound like a script written by Manuel Mallia.

So the police have been trying their hands at different jobs since Mallia took over. We have had them work as waiters, pizza delivery personnel, parkers and tow-ers so why not actors? After all it is the pantomime season.

By: A Montebello

A Montebello — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 19:24:25 +0000

In reply to Lawrence Attard.

Bang! Bang! Yes, that struck me too. How did the Commissioner think to ask about the Minister’s daughter? How did he know?

It’s not procedure that their minister’s driver’s act as baby sitters.

By: saggio

saggio — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 19:10:22 +0000

Absolutely no concern for the well-being of Mr Smith or even a simple question as to whether an ambulance is needed. These are not only incompetent, unprofessional and ‘hamalli’, but they are also extremely dangerous. Utterly preposterous. What a shame.

By: Jozef

Jozef — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 19:05:36 +0000

Sheehan says for the first time the shots were not in Smith’s direction ‘Mhux lilu ta’.

Previous calls, that’s 1 to 4, all ‘sparajtlu’ and ‘tghajtu’, even because he knew where those shots went.

This phone call however, no.5, was after having spoken to Mallia.

By: curious

curious — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 18:44:58 +0000

In reply to Kif inhi din?. Is there any Gieh ir-Repubblika for stage-management?

By: Lawrence Attard

Lawrence Attard — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 18:43:03 +0000

Two other observations of my own:

1. Commissioner of Police: “The (minister’s) daughter was with you?”. Sheehan never mentioned the minister’s daughter, so how did the acting commissioner come up with such a question?

2. Commissioner of Police: “Was the car hit?”, presumably by the bullets. The acting commissioner was seeking confirmation, from somebody on the ground, of something he already knew from another source.