Man remanded in custody after refusing to pay for groceries
Man assaulted police officers in tussle to be brought under control
17 January 2014, 12:00am
Chris Mangion
Chris Mangion
1 min read
Salah Adam, born in Chad, was remanded in custody after pleading not guilty to assaulting police officers and slightly injuring one of them at the Lidl outlet in Qormi.
Earlier this morning, at around 7:30am the accused went shopping from Lidl in Qormi but refused to pay for his purchases. An argument ensued with the store's security staff who requested police assistance.
As the officers entered the Lidl shop the accused took three whiskey bottles off the shelves and threw them in the direction of the police. Police sergeant Dennis Agius was hit by one of the bottles and suffered slight injuries. Joseph Xuereb and Ivan Mercieca were also slightly injured.
Appearing in the hall of Magistrate Giovanni Grixti, the accused informed the court he did not want to be assisted by a lawyer and pleaded not guilty. Prosecuting inspector Roderick Agius charged the 30-year-old with putting the life of PS Agius in manifest jeopardy, assaulting police officers, disobeyed police orders and slightly injuring the three me.
Considering Adam's claim of being not guilty and noting has no fixed address, Magistrate Grixti remanded the accused in custody.
Inspector Roderick Agius prosecuted.
Chris Mangion is MaltaToday’s photojournalist, joining the newspaper in 2013.
In 1995...
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pack him on the first plane out of Malta and if David Casa Roberta Mezola try to raise the matter in the E.U. put him under their custody with the responsibility of his behaviour shouldered by them.
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Slam him in the cooler for a couple of years and then throw him out of Malta.
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Throwing glass bottles at Police is probably a way of greeting in Chad.I think it was all a minor misunderstanding.
I just love multiculturelism !!!
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Send them all back, by force!
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Perhaps that is exactly what he intended...board and lodging on the tax payer.
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He should be given a Maltese Passport FOR FREE on condition that he leaves Malta; destination any of those EU countries that took it against our IIP.
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When the Chadian illegal immigrant landed in Malta did the authorities explain to him what the rules of supermarkets are? Here we are not in Chad where probably supermarkets do not exist. Instead militia and looters ran havoc in the Chadian jungles. He must be locked up for a very long time, the only way to learn his lesson. Are the NGO's or Cecilia going to defend him? Cecilia will probably dictate to our Home Affairs Minister to release him. OH yes release him on a plane straight to Chad and never to return. Or a flight to Sweden where Cecilia can put him up at her home.
