Man jailed after breaching five sets of bail conditions during Paceville night out

A Libyan man has been jailed for four months after admitting to breaching five separate sets of bail conditions during a late-night outing in Paceville.

Abdulaziz Mohammed Alamari Zamzam, 32, from St Paul’s Bay, was caught by officers in Paceville during the early hours of 13 April despite being subject to a court-imposed curfew.

He was spotted in Paceville between 1am and 2am.

When stopped by police, Zamzam claimed he had permission from the courts to be outside.

Magistrate Antoine Agius Bonnici heard how Zamzam had violated five different bail decrees issued over a five-year span, between 2021 and March 2026.

Magistrate Agius Bonnici did not mince words in his judgment, delivered on May 11, stating that “the conduct of the accused was grave and of serious consequence”

The Magistrate further remarked that despite the various courts having “trusted him with stringent conditions... he thought he had the liberty to break these conditions and even give false information to the police”.

The judgement is being appealed.

No stranger to the courts

Zamzam has appeared before the courts several times in recent years.

In 2024, he was sentenced to 10 years in prison over the rape of a 19-year-old woman, though the judgment was later declared null by a constitutional interim measure.

The case is still ongoing before the constitutional court.

In January of this year, he also pleaded guilty to sending threatening messages to notorious criminal Melvin Debono il-Qus.

Zamzam has also faced repeated charges for harassing a former partner.

He had attempted to call her some 400 times to deliver her a rose and love letter on Valentine’s Day of this year, which she reported to police along with photos of a "bruised and bloodied face" from a prior assault.

He was also accused of using various phone numbers and fake social media profiles to bypass protection orders.

In 2019, Zamzam was involved in a Swieqi house robbery where he and two others allegedly attempted to flee in a getaway vehicle, injuring a police officer who had clung to the car door.

At the time of that arrest, he had allegedly given false particulars to officers while already on the run for breaching bail.

The court ordered the forfeiture of more than €5,000 in bail deposits, including €4,000 from a €10,000 guarantee lodged in 2021, as well as smaller deposits from 2019 and earlier this year.

Lawyer Nicholas Mifsud appeared for Zamzam.