Attorney General to decide whether Daniel Zammit is to face criminal steps

Police inspector Daniel Zammit was “unethical” in his role as co-prosecutor on the murder charges against Stephen Caruana, the son-in-law of Joe Gaffarena, with whom Zammit and his family are in business.

The conclusions from an inquiry by Judge Michael Mallia into allegations on the Zammits – former acting police commissioner Ray Zammit, his sons Daniel, a former police inspector, and Roderick, an inspector in the police force – were published today Thursday after being commissioned by Prime Minister Joseph Muscat.

Mallia said Daniel Zammit was guilty of “a lack of ethics” in his prosecution of Caruana on charges against him filed in December 2008 for the murder of neighbour Neville Baldacchino. “He did not follow the established procedures where it came to private interests,” Mallia said.

He also said that Roderick Zammit’s actions were “censurable” and that disciplinary steps should be taken against him.

And he said that Ray Zammit, now appointed CEO of a national wardens’ agency, was “censurable” but that his actions were not “entirely serious”.

Mallia said that had Daniel Zammit still been in the corps, he would have been subjected to disciplinary proceedings that could have led to his sacking. “Since these proceedings took place after his departure from the corps... Judge Mallia says that it will be the Attorney General to decided whether Zammit should face crimainal charges,” the government said.

Zammit was in May 2015 medically ‘boarded out’ of the police corps.

“As for Ray Zammit, he cannot be subjected to any disciplinary steps but had he still been part of the police force he would been subjected to a warning.”

The Prime Minister has sent the inquiry report to the Attorney General and the Commissioner of police to take steps as necessary.