Three Libyans arraigned after brawl

Three Libyan men were found guilty of slightly injuring other foreigners and damaging private property during a brawl in St Julian’s.

Late last night, at around 11:15pm, 32-year old Fausia Aluena Alhamed, Shukri Abo Ghani El Massri, 31 and Alhssin Omer Hssin Naser, 34 started harassing another group of foreigners.

The argument escalated into a brawl during which two men, Bader Elsafrouri and Ahmed Mosbah Hassan suffered slight injuries.

A pair of Oakley sunglasses belonging to Peter Tornyos was stolen in the scuffle and two parked vehicles, a BMW belonging to Dwayne Reid and a Kia belonging to Sergio Tanti were also damaged.

The three Libyans pleaded guilty to all charges.

Magistrate Ian Farrugia handed Alhamed and El Massri an 18-month jail term suspended for three years.

Naser was given a two-year conditional discharge. Furthermore El Massri was ordered to pay the sum of €343 in damages to Sergio Tanti and €150 to Peter Tornyos; while Alhamed was ordered to pay €592 in damaged to Dwayne Reid.

The court also placed the injured Bader Elsafrouri and Ahmed Mosbah Hassan under a two month protection order against a guarantee of €2,000 by the accused.

Inspector Trevor Micallef prosecuted.