Man handed suspended sentence for Paceville brawl

A man received a suspended sentence for causing grievous bodily harm to a friend after the latter provoked him by making comments about his girlfriend

20 September 2016, 2:35pm
by Matthew Agius

1 min read

Kai Smit being handed a 12-month sentence suspended for two years, after magistrate Aaron Bugeja noted that the accused had 'clearly been provoked'

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A fight between two Dutch men over remarks about a girlfriend that landed one in court and one in hospital was started by the injured party, a court has held.

Youri Kai Smit, 24, who was born in Holland but lives in Marsascala, had been accused of causing grievous bodily harm to Anthony Joma Rood in a fight in Paceville on 31 July at around 3:30am.

Kai Smit had initially denied the charges but changed his plea to guilty in the first sitting of the compilation of evidence, six weeks later.

The youth's early admission worked in his favour, with Kai Smit being handed a 12-month sentence suspended for two years, after magistrate Aaron Bugeja noted that the accused had “clearly been provoked” by the comments made by the injured party in relation to Kai Smit's girlfriend.

Matthew Agius is Senior Reporter on Law and Court Affairs at MaltaToday. He is also a Leg...