Man, 29, back in court after breaching bail for fifth time
He was found in Paceville outside curfew hours
A 29-year-old man was back in court after he allegedly breached his bail conditions for a fifth time when he was found in Paceville outside curfew hours.
Mahmoud Mustafa Mohammed Aldabah, a Libyan national living in Swieqi, was accused of breaching two sets of bail conditions imposed on him in December 2021 and January 2025, in separate proceedings.
He was further charged with giving false personal details to the police.
The man denied the charges.
Police inspector Jean Paul Attard explained that the police were patrolling Santa Rita steps in Paceville at about 3.15am on Wednesday when they spotted the suspect.
They approached him and asked for his details, and he gave them another name.
The officers recognised him since he signs two bail books at St Julian’s police station. The man had no documents on him since they are currently exhibited in court in the ongoing separate proceedings.
After denying the charges, defence lawyer Noel Bianco requested bail.
The prosecution objected citing the man’s refractory character and underlining that this was the fifth time the man was allegedly breaching his bail conditions.
“He does not want to learn his lesson. He was originally arrested for driving without a licence, of which he was eventually found guilty and from which judgement he has appealed. He was then caught driving again without a licence,” Attard argued.
Bianco rebutted that in separate proceedings a probation officer following the accused detailed the drastic life changes the man has embraced to change his life.
“My client no longer drives [without a licence]. He had a vizzju (vice) and has now accepted that he cannnot drive in Malta without a licence and had stopped doing so," he said.
Attard observed that it did not seem so, since the man declared that he works as a food courier, to which Bianco said “the woman drives, he delivers, it is part of their culture”.
The court denied the man bail and he was remanded in custody.
Magistrate Antoine Agius Bonnici presided.
Police inspector Jean Paul Attard prosecuted. Lawyer Noel Bianco appeared for the accused.