[LISTEN] Sheehan calls police control room repeatedly asking for Manuel Mallia
PN media releases two other phone-calls made by Paul Sheehan to police control room • Sheehan heard saying: ‘start the car because it has bullets’ • Sheehan warns Smith 'to stay put or I'll shoot the rest at you'
In two other phone calls to the police control room, police constable and the former driver to the home affairs minister Paul Sheehan is heard warning Stephen Smith to stay put “or I’ll shoot the rest at you”.
During the call, which according to the PN media is the third made to the control room, Sheehan also asks to be put through to Manuel Mallia. At the time, Mallia was attending a function being held at the Police headquarters.
The same request is made in a fourth call, during which Sheehan can be heard speaking to another person [or persons] asking them to “start the car because it also has bullets”.
The worst thing about yesterday's shooting recording on NET TV is that @JosephMuscat_JM had it, kept us in the dark and did nothing about it
— Simon Busuttil (@SimonBusuttil) December 8, 2014
In a recording released yesterday evening, Sheehan can be heard asking the police to send over help from the Rapid Intervention Unit, before audibly shooting at Smith as he fled the scene of the alleged assault. On Twitter, PN leader Simon Busuttil said that Prime Minister Joseph Muscat "had the recording but did nothing".
In one of the recordings released today, Sheehan can be heard speaking to an officer from the Rapid Intervention Unit, explaining his location.
He can be clearly heard warning Smith “not to get up or I’ll shoot the rest at you”. Sheehan informs the RIU officer that he has already shot at Smith. He then proceeds to ask for Minister Mallia.
In a fourth recording, Sheehan once again calls the police control room, explaining he wants to be put through to the minister. During this phone call, the officer from the control room does not put him through, asking him to first calm down. The officer tells him that they could call him back themselves or that he should try calling back later on.
During this conversation, the officer from the control room once again asked Sheehan to recount what happened and Sheehan says that he had Mallia’s daughter with him.
“I must let him know what happened, his daughter was with me,” Sheehan said. Asked whether the minister’s car had been damaged on purpose, Sheehan replies that the driver “was drunk” and he fired shots because the other one sped off.
Sheenan’s conversations with the control room were released by the PN’s media.
Transcript of third recording as released by PN media
PC Sheehan: Hello
Control Room: Zomm il-linja ha nghaddik mal-Pulizija
PC Sheehan: Ej, ej hawn smajthom ghaddejjin taht il-mina
Control Room: Ghalhekk ha nghaddik maghhom ibqa’ fuq il-linja…ghaddejtek. Min inti inti?
PC Sheehan: 533 ix-xufier tal-Ministru Mallia
Control Room: 533, zomm wahda l-linja
Dial tone as Control Room connects PC Sheehan with RIU
PC Sheehan: Ara ma tqumx...ara ma tqumx ghax fuqek nahlih
PO: Hello? Hello? Ghidli, hello
Sirens heard in the background
PC Sheehan: Hawn...taht il-mini. Sparajt fuq il-...sparajt fuqu jien diga’
PO: Inti min inti?
PC Sheehan: il-533, ix-xufier tal-Ministru Mallia.
PO: Fejn qedghin intom?
PC Sheehan: Hawn, waslu waslu tal-RIU
PO: Fejn qedghin?
PC Sheehan: Issa jekk tistghu qabduni mal-Ministru, qieghed id-depot il-ministru
PO: Fejn qedghin intom?
PC Sheehan: Taht il-mini ta’ Santa Venera
PO: Taht il-mini ta’ Santa Venera. Suq.
PC Sheehan: Regional Road...fejn il-Madonna, gejjin lejn il-Marsa
PO: Regional Road, fejn il-Madonna, fejn il-Marsa
PC Sheehan: Inzlu, inzlu minn hemm. Ghidilhom jieqfu hemm [Sheehan speaking to RIU units who have just arrived]
PO: Gejjin hdejk. Hemm xi units minn taghna waslu?
PC Sheehan: Iva
Automated voice: It-telefonata qedgha on hold
Transcript of fourth recording as released by PN media
While waiting for the police control room to pick up the phone, Sheehan is heard talking to a number of persons – presumbaly the RIU units who have just arrived on site.
PC Sheehan: Ara, hares dan faqghali l-karozza tal-ministru u kelli t-tifla. Sparajt giex tiri fuqu ghax harabli...le imma biex tkunu tafu.
Voices are heard in the background
PC Sheehan: E hawn fejn il-bieb tal-Gzira, hawn fejn il-bir - Startjahieli naqa ghax fiha anke l-bullets. Ghax bhalissa hekk qieghed.
Control Room: Glenn?
PC Sheehan: Hello?
Control Room: Glenn?
PC Sheehan: Le hi, 533 jien
Control Room: 533...il-pulizija?
PC Sheehan: Iva
Control Room: Mela, zomm l-linja ha nghaddik wahda mal-pulizija tal-RIU li gej fuq il-post. Zomm il-linja
PC Sheehan: Hawnhekk hawn tal-RIU diga
Control Room: Min hemm hdejk? Nista’ nkun naf min hemm hdejk?
PC Sheehan: Mela, 1359
Control Room: il-1359?
PC Sheehan: Issa jien jekk jista jkun hemm il-Ministru d-Depot
Control Room: Ehe
PC Sheehan: Irrid ninfurmah x’gara u ma garax ghax dak kelli t-tifla tieghu mieghi
Control Room: Ahna ma nafux x’gara u ma garax ezatti...ahna bghatna l-pulizija
PC Sheehan: Tini cans. Dan faqaghli l-karozza tal-ministru
Control Room: Faqaghlek il-karozza tal-ministru dar-ragel
PC Sheehan: Iva. Orrajt. Harabli
Control Room: Ehe
PC Sheehan: U sparajt giex tiri
Control Room: Inti?
PC Sheehan: Ehe, ghax harabli
Control Room: Orrajt. Jigifieri fuq il-karozza tal-ministru spara dan?
PC Sheehan: Iv...Le, jien sparajt fuqu
Control Room: Le, hu habatlek gol-karozza tal-ministru, baqa diehel go fiha. Apposta jigifieri dan?
PC Sheehan: Heq heq baqa’ sejjer ... harabli nahseb fis-sakra mejjet kien dan
Control Room: Imbaghad sakemm qbadtu inti?
PC Sheehan: Heq grejt warajh bil-karozza tal-ministru
Control Room: Orrajt, fhimtek kollox sew. Iddealja wahda ma’ tal-RIU ha nghaddi kollox lis-surgenta
PC Sheehan: Orrajt, hares jekk tista qabduni mal-ministru biss lili, qieghed hemmhekk il-ministru
Control Room: Issa nergghu incemplulek aktar tard filkas, orrajt, jew cempel iktar tard int minn naha tieghek. Ikkalma naqra, orrajt hi? Ok caw caw