Tag: Donatella Frendo Dimech
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A very interesting denial
I have received a very interesting denial from an anonymous source whom I am quite sure is someone who knows Magistrate Monica Vella very well. The source claims that Magistrate Monica Vella was never part of this WhatsApp group and it never existed. The source did not deny that Magistrates Donatella Frendo Dimech and Monica…
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Maġistrati Nisa Laburisti WhatsApp Group
WhatsApp can be an efficient means of communication for work and Magistrate Donatella Frendo Dimech does have close friends at work, as well. The colleagues who support her and who in the past used to communicate with each other in a Whatsapp group are Magistrate Monica Vella and Judge Consuelo Scerri Herrera. Magistrate Vella used…
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The Chamber of Advocates is silent on its discussion about Magistrate Donatella Frendo Dimech
The President of the Chamber of Advocates Peter Fenech has refused to issue any details about the Chamber’s discussion about Magistrate Donatella Frendo Dimech. The Chamber doesn’t seem to have formed a public position. Peter Fenech was very and insistently evasive when I called him last week. He asked me to write an email which…
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Breaking: the Chamber of Advocates to discuss Magistrate Donatella Frendo Dimech
Today, the Chamber of Advocates will meet to discuss Magistrate Donatella Frendo Dimech and potentially take a position regarding her resignation. Previously, lawyers were very afraid of speaking out against him given the repercussions they would have faced by alienating her and potentially losing all the cases they would have in her court. However, Magistrate…
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Saved by a Magisterial appointment
Magistrate Donatella Frendo Dimech has been given a very helpful government intervention to cover up her shenanigans over Keith Schembri’s mobile phone. Antoine Agius Bonnici, a prosecutor who defended the Magistrate over her mishandling of Keith Schembri’s phone has been appointed Magistrate along with Philip Farrugia Galea. Antoine Agius Bonnici was about to be brought…
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“Tlaqna sal-Festa ta’ San Gejtanu. Zin, zin zin!”
Today, the image of Magistrate Donatella Frendo Dimech was plastered on the front page of the Times of Malta like one of Malta’s most wanted criminals. Times of Malta has covered the same story covered here about the Magistrate pressuring a client to plead guilty. Here’s some things that the Magistrate said in her court…
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“All is in order in the Magistrate’s chambers”
Imagine if Joseph Muscat was arraigned in court before a Magistrate who is in direct contact with the Prime Minister over WhatsApp, misplaces important pieces of evidence, attends exclusive VIP Labour Party festivities, dines with Malta’s most dangerous criminals and corrupt politicians, and even makes out-of-court deals with the defendants of her court. Magistrate Donatella…
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A lawyer testified against Magistrate Donatella Frendo Dimech for the first time
Ever since the Chief Justice began receiving reports of inappropriate and even corrupt behaviour by Magistrate Donatella Frendo Dimech, the Chief Justice refused to take action and told the persons coming forward that he would only take action if they testified under oath. No lawyer had acceded to this request because no lawyer wanted to…
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All is definitely not in order in the Magistrate’s Chambers
Magistrate Donatella Frendo Dimech’s court experts seem to be going out on a limb to make sure she projects a good impression of herself in the curious case of Keith Schembri’s mobile phone. One of her court experts, Keith Cutajar said that “all was in order in the Magistrate’s Chambers“. Well, I have seen photos…
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The court expert did not confirm that Keith Schembri’s phone was sealed in an evidence bag
There’s a mistake on MaltaToday’s reporting about the ongoing court shenanigans of Keith Schembri’s mobile phone, and I could confirm this with witnesses to the court case. I think the mistake is a simple omission or oversight, and I can vouch for journalist Matthew Agius. However, the court expert did not confirm that Keith Schembri’s…
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Managing a crisis of her own making
Magistrate Donatella Frendo Dimech has instructed the parties to the case on the alleged money laundering by Keith Schembri and his Kasco business associates to appear in court on Friday. Meanwhile, as Keith Schembri’s lawyers cry foul and whatnot, the judge who will be presiding over the case of Keith Schembri’s complaint about his mobile…
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On impeaching magistrates
I have been informed by someone who is more knowledgeable about the law that Parliament can no longer impeach members of the judiciary as it once could. Parliament’s power to impeach members of the judiciary was removed in 2020 as part of the Venice Commission’s reforms on the rule of law. Now, according to the…
