The Maltese Herald has obtained exclusive information on the relationship between the Office of the Attorney-General and the Police after this relationship began breaking down following the trial of Lorin Scicluna who was found not guilty of murdering Lassane Cisse but guilty of causing grievous bodily harm to May Malimi.
The Police are accusing the Attorney-General Victoria Buttigieg of taking on Lorin Scicluna’s case without any strategy and they have also criticised her for arraigning Lorin Scicluna by himself instead of arraigning both men accused of killing Lassane Cisse, together. The other accused is Francesco Fenech.
The Police are also frustrated at the fact that they could have also prosecuted Lorin Scicluna over grievous bodily harm instead of letting the AG handle this part of the case. It is the Police who are more specialised and qualified to prosecute suspects on grievous bodily harm.
The Attorney-General is failing to coordinate her work the with the Police and is navigating cases by herself without any strategy or taking on any professional advice.
The case of Lorin Scicluna has deeply frustrated the Police which they believe could have been better handled in Court if they were allowed to contribute more in the Court Case.
The Attorney-General is also feeling the pressure over the criticism by the press on her persistent failures, leading her to silo herself even more and subsequently increase the risk of her mistakes. An inside Police source has described the situation at the Office of the Attorney-General as deeply dysfunctional as they also lamented about the inexperience of many new lawyers being employed with the AG’s Office.
The source has also stated that the Police could have pushed many more cases in Court if it wasn’t for the AG but they refrained from mentioning any particular cases.
Overall feeling among the Police in relation to the Attorney-General is one of deep frustration and also exasperation. Although there are lawyers within the Office of the Attorney-General who are doing efforts to do their job correctly, our sourse says that a lack of strategy is compromising most of their work.
This is a developing story.
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