Drunk British tourist jumps from balcony onto Paceville club awning

After jumping ship from the EU and being dumped out of Euro 2016 by lowly Iceland, a third unceremonious Brexit of sorts took place in Paceville early yesterday morning, when a drunken British youth jumped from a balcony in Paceville, landing on the awning of an entertainment establishment.

18-year-old Callum Ross Chowdhury was then arrested after he attacked and tried to bite police officers who had gone to his aid.

Chowdhury was arraigned before Magistrate Joe Mifsud, accused of threatening and causing bodily harm to police officers, disobeying their lawful orders, breaching the peace, being drunk in public and committing a violation of another person’s property.

The teenage holidaymaker, who leaves Malta on Saturday, is understood to have jumped from a balcony above the nightclub. Police inspector Nikolai Sant told magistrate Joe Mifsud how when officers had approached the youth to see whether he was all right, he had attempted to bite one of the officers.

The accused, who told the court that he was due to return to the UK on Saturday, was given a dressing down by the magistrate.

The court chastised the young man, telling him to drink responsibly. “When you’re over here you must obey the laws of this country. Control your drinking.”

Legal aid lawyer Victor Bugeja entered a guilty plea on behalf of the accused, who was handed a 6 month sentence, suspended for 1 year together with an €800 fine. The accused asked to be given time to pay the fine and was granted 8 months.