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Long jail term reduced on appeal
A Court of Appeal has reduced a 31 and a half jail term by one and a half years.
52 year-old Joseph Zammit from Floriana, was jailed in 2009 after he was found guilty of complicity in the murder of Alphonse Ferriggi, a bank messenger.
During the trial, Zammit had admitted to having been the driver of the getaway car but, wasn’t the one who pulled the trigger.
In his submission to the Appeals Court, Joseph Zammit stressed that he could not be found guilty of being an accomplice to a crime, when that person remained unidentified.
Moreover, he argued that he could not be guilty of being an accomplice to someone who did not have a licence to carry a firearm, when again, that person remained unidentified.
In his appeal, Mr Zammit argued he could not be found guilty of being an accomplice to someone who did not have a licence to carry a gun, when that person could not be identified.
Acting Chief Justice Raymond Pace, and Judges David Scicluna and Joseph Zammit Mckeon who presided over the Appeals Court, concluded that Joseph Zammit was correct in his submission, and reduced his term by one year and six months.
