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Magistrate expresses relief

Magistrate Miriam Hayman has expressed relief with her close colleagues that details of the inquiry have finally made the headlines.

The Magistrate had appeared distressed that no one from the press had reported on the case for seven whole months. And colleagues report that she was anxious and worried. The Magistrate is said to have been trailed by the Secret Service, which is also headed by Commissioner George Grech. Mr Grech is facing serious allegations of sexual abuse from a probations officer.

Journalists close to the Secret Service were even tipped off on one occasion to rush off to Miriam Hayman’s residence in Naxxar and catch a glimpse of visitors leaving her home.

Members of the judiciary have expressed distress at the way they are being treated by the Secret Service and some judges and magistrates have made it a point to comment regularly in the open courtroom about the Secret Service.

Many still see the demise of Mr Grech an improbability.

"He knows far too much, and I cannot imagine him leaving," one NET journalist told the MaltaToday news team.

Indeed, Commissioner Grech has access to many important cases which are more than politically sensitive. Yet his style of policing and a penchant for mixing with the nouveau riche means that George Grech is the talk of town and a cause of embarrassment for the government.

This week, Dr Alfred Sant who has kept an ambiguous position on George Grech, said that he found it very difficult to believe that Home Affairs Minister did not know a magisterial inquiry was underway. A view shared by the public in general.