This is not the season to scrutinise the judiciary, but I can’t help myself when I read a court sitting deliberation as if I am reading a Reader’s Digest Psychologist Column for Broken Men Having Middle-Life Crises. In Lilu l-King’s case over his bail breach after he was seen threatening Police officers, the Magistrate forfeited Lilu only ย6,000 of his bail ย100,000 deposit and fined him the maximum ย4,000 fine.
The Prosecutor didn’t even demand his re-incarceration. The Court session ended with the Magistrate accommodating Lilu with the advice that went something like “Be careful with your adrenaline, and don’t allow it to go over your head” to which Lilu replied “I am sorry”.
Is everyone going out of their mind? When did Libyan gangsters and drug-dealers could have coffee-like talk in Court? Magistrate Kevan Azzopardi should even have offered him a coffee following the Court session to continue their psychological therapy in private. Maybe, he’ll give him more advice on how to behave whilst breaking the law.
Our Justice system has been abused and disfigured to the extent that its results are becoming ever more surreal.
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