A 24-year old youth who pestered his mother and grandparents for money to buy drugs, was remanded in custody after pleading not guilty to harassment on Monday.
The young man was escorted to court under arrest, pleading not guilty to harassment, causing his relatives to fear violence, misuse of electronic equipment, threatening his mother and grandparents as well as recidivism.
His family had reported the constant badgering to the police, Inspector Eman Hayman, from the Domestic Violence Unit explained during the arraignment.
The accused had been hounding his mother, demanding money and forcing her to alter her daily pattern to avoid her son’s persistent ways, the court was told.
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The defamation suit filed by Minister Carmelo Abela against PN MP Jason Azzopardi over allegations linking the minister to the 2010 HSBC failed heist will be contested, court was told on Monday.
Last month Azzopardi claimed that Abela allegedly aided the mastermind behind the attempted HSBC bank heist for a €300,000 payment from the loot.
The accusation came days after Abela denied any involvement in the heist that ended in a violent shoot-out, describing any links to him as stories, fairytales and inventions .
When the case was called on Monday morning, Abela’s lawyer Pawlu Lia, informed Magistrate Rachel Montebello that Azzopardi’s lawyer had sought his consent for a deferment of the case, so as to file a reply to the minister’s claims.