Jail term reduced
A man who was originally jailed for six years for stabbing a man had his jail term reduced to four years and seven months after the Court of Appeal ruled it had not been sufficiently proven that the injuries suffered by the victim had led to a...
A man who was originally jailed for six years for stabbing a man had his jail term reduced to four years and seven months after the Court of Appeal ruled it had not been sufficiently proven that the injuries suffered by the victim had led to a permanent weakness.
Peter Azzopardi had been jailed after the Magistrates' Court found him guilty of seriously injuring Claudio Calleja when he stabbed him in Gharghur in March 23, 2000. The court had found that as a result of the stabbing Calleja suffered a permanent weakness. Azzopardi was also found guilty of the possession of a knife, assaulting Stephen Sammut and relapsing.
He appealed claiming that, among other things, it had not been proven, to the level required by law, that the injuries suffered by Calleja had ended in a permanent weakness.
After analysing the evidence, Mr Justice David Scicluna, who presided over the appeal, upheld Azzopardi's request and reduced his jail term.