A woman who assaulted her grandson's headmistress today was handed a suspended sentence and fined €4,000.
Magistrate Monica Vella heard Inspector Christabelle Chetcuti charge the 47-year-old, who cannot be identified by order of the court, with attacking the headmistress of the Cospicua primary school
She was charged with threatening, attacking and slightly injuring the headmistress – a public officer and breaching the peace.
Lawyer Jason Grima, as defence counsel, entered a guilty plea and formally registered an apology for her behaviour.
The woman asked to apologise to the victim. "I want to apologise to her. I am very sorry. I understand what I have done," she said. "I admit because I know I made a mistake."
Lawyer Maroushka Debono, present for the Education Department, accepted the apology.
The court handed the accused a six-month jail term suspended for two years. A two=year protection order was imposed in favour of the headmistress. The woman was also prohibited from entering the school for two years. She was also ordered to pay a €4,000 fine
"It's important that this behaviour doesn't repeat itself," warned the court. "There is a mitigation because it is your first time, if you do it again there will be no such measure."
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