Unlicensed car park attendant jailed for ignoring court order

An unlicensed car park attendant who last week was fined and banned from entering a car park in Valletta was fined and this time sent to jail after breaching the court order. 

Edward Farrugia, 37 of Valletta, had been posing as a parker and pestering drivers into paying him money to leave their vehicles in the Hastings area. The accused had reportedly been ordered to leave the area a number of times, but would always return to badger more drivers, ignoring at least two court orders in the process.

The man was arraigned before Magistrate Anthony Vella last week, and was accused of breaching a court order, which was part of a sentence handed to him on 4 January.

His case was passed on to Magistrate Joe Mifsud, who had handed him his initial sentence.

Inspector Jeffrey Scicluna and a police sergeant testified, telling the court how the man had already been banned from a number of streets in Valletta by the courts just days before his arrest.

Finding him guilty, Magistrate Mifsud jailed the man for six months and fined him €2,000, making a recommendation to the Director of Prisons to assist the man in addressing his drug problem.

Inspector Priscilla Caruana Lee prosecuted.

 

 

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