A mother-of-four, who had landed a suspended sentence and a lifelong interdiction for allegedly embezzling funds at the Dingli day centre for the elderly, has been cleared on appeal in a case that boiled down to an unfounded suspicion.
Philippa Borg, now 69, was prosecuted over allegations of misappropriation as officer in charge at the centre for elderly residents where she had worked for some 12 years, starting out as helper.
Trouble brewed when an MCAST student on placement at the centre back in 2008, reported to her lecturers about certain ‘malpractices’ at the centre, allegedly concerning Borg who failed to keep proper records of tombola revenue.
Court overturns elderly woman’s conviction for misappropriation of tombola funds
A judge has overturned an elderly woman’s conviction, insisting the prosecution’s evidence was ‘very weak’
6 May 2021, 1:10pm
by Matthew Agius
A court has overturned a conviction against an elderly woman who was found guilty of misappropriating funds from a tombola she organised at the Dingli day care centre
A 70-year-old woman from Żebbuġ has had her conviction for misappropriation overturned on appeal, with the judge noting that the prosecution’s evidence was “very weak.”
Madam Justice Consuelo Scerri Herrera revoked the woman’s two-year prison sentence, which had been suspended for four years and revoked her perpetual general interdiction.