Following the attack on our home on June 20 in Żejtun, I feel I should commend the very prompt responses of the emergency services and the police at Żejtun and Floriana. (The details were published on page six of The Sunday Times on June 21).

Within minutes of our call to 112, four police officers were on site to undertake an immediate investigation. This was followed up by visits from detectives and by a forensic detective who attempted to recover evidence which would lead to the arrest of the vicious assailants.

Unfortunately, I cannot recall the names of each and every police officer who visited our property.

However, I commend all of them for their diligence and compassion and I can name at least Inspectors Caruana and Mercieca who provided me with their contact details and who have been in touch with us since this incident which remains under serious investigation.

I was prompted to write this after I read Robert Callus' letter regarding a similar case of violence in a household where a police officer appeared to have ignored a serious issue of household intrusion and violence as "a non issue".

It is indeed totally disgraceful to ignore incidents of violence in peoples' homes whether they be gay, elderly, disabled or indeed able bodied. We were brutally attacked with a stout wooden batten.

I could not walk for three weeks after and my partner suffered severe scarring to his head. We could both easily have been killed.

I can say that from our experiences in Żejtun that the police here have treated this shocking attack with total seriousness and with no interest at all in our sexual (or other) status. I should add that our neighbours have been both horrified by the violent intrusion and supportive of us in equal measure.

My reason for writing is to balance the rotten apple issue highlighted by Mr Callus with the far more prevalent attitude of the vast majority of the Maltese Police Force.

That is to uphold law and order to the utmost and also to respect the dignity of all victims of violent crime who suffer incredible psychological harm when attacked behind their own locked doors.