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Updated 1.50pm, adds statement from Kaċċaturi San Ubertu
Commissioner for Children Pauline Miceli has hit out against a hunter who handed a gun to a child and guided him to shoot at a bird, calling the behaviour abusive and dangerous.
On Monday, Birdlife Malta uploaded a video in which a child is seen handling a shotgun in Miżieb and being shown how to use it by a man identified as the brother of FKNK secretary general Daniel Xriha.
The organisation said that it had caught Xriha doing the same thing one year ago in another video.
In reaction to the footage, Pauline Miceli posted on social media saying that “child abuse takes many forms. Teaching children how to handle guns and shooting is not only illegal but abusive while exposing them to great danger.”
BirdLife wants ban on presence of minors during hunting
BirdLife Malta says it is high time legislation prohibits anyone carrying a shotgun to be accompanied by children
3 May 2021, 6:34pm
by Karl Azzopardi
The photo released by BirdLife Malta purports to show a child handling a shotgun in a hunter s hide
BirdLife Malta wants government to prohibit hunters from being accompanied by minors while hunting.
In a letter to the Home Affairs Minister Byron Camilleri, Justice Minister Edward Zammit Lewis, Police Commissioner Angelo Gafà and Commissioner for Children Pauline Miceli, the environmental NGO said that such legislation would help to avoid incidents.
The Association of Judges and Magistrates is arguing that six new magistrates need to be appointed in order to ensure an effective and efficient criminal judicial process.
The six magistrates would replace two magistrates who were today appointed judges, and another magistrate who has since retired.
In turn, this would provide three additional magistrates to the existing cohort.
On Thursday, the association expressed disappointment at the appointment of four new judges, as these are simply replacing another four that have since retired since the last round of appointments. In effect, the number of judges in court have remained the same.
Pilatus Bank magisterial inquiry cost €7.5 million
Justice Minister Edward Zammit Lewis reveals magisterial inquiry into Pilatus Bank cost taxpayers €7.5 million
20 April 2021, 6:24pm
by Karl Azzopardi
Zammit Lewis was replying to a parliamentary question put forward by Nationalist MP Jason Azzopardi.
The bank’s details were not divulged in the justice minister’s reply, but he confirmed that he was referring to Pilatus Bank in a Facebook post.
The inquiry was concluded in December, having been led by Magistrate Ian Farrugia. Its conclusions are yet to be published.
The inquiry had been launched in November 2018, just days before the bank was shut down by the European Central Bank (ECB).