Vulgar remark lands woman with €25 fine

A woman was handed a €25 for breaching public peace, and uttering a vulgar remark to her neighbour during a futile argument which broke out with her neighbour.

2 February 2012, 12:00am
by Karl Stagno-Navarra

M.M. had Magistrate Consuelo Herrera's packed courtroom in laughter when she explained that she told her neighbour that she was "happy to have someone to satisfy me [her]." (Ghandi lil min iserrahni).

The woman said that she said those words after her neighbour allegedly called her "dirty" and "sitting pretty" with a partner (pogguta).

The remark led the neighbour to file a police report who pressed charges for breach of public order.