Tag: Franco Debono
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Three Maltese nationals get off with a suspended sentence and a fine for importing laughing gas in France
Three Maltese nationals charged in connection with a large-scale nitrous oxide distribution operation in the French Alps have been handed eight-month prison sentences suspended for two years and fined €1,000 each by a court in Albertville. The court also imposed a five-year ban on entering France. Prosecutors had sought an effective one-year prison term for…
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Franco Debono says political parties are not compliant with the Electoral Financing Law
Previous Nationalist MP Franco Debono said that the political parties are not compliant with the Financing of Political Parties Act (Chapter 544). Franco Debono was a proponent of this law himself when MP and eventually authored the law under Joseph Muscat’s administrations. He also says that the law is currently frozen as it is not…
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Why a top criminal lawyer shouldn’t be Minister of Justice – Daphne Caruana Galizia
Nationalist Party supporters were up in arms against The Maltese Herald after publishing this article, making nasty comments they will nto susbcribe to our website for criticising their beloved and perfect political party. Daphne Caruana Galizia provides succinct reasons why a criminal lawyer should not be the Minister of Justice. You can read her article…
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A host of criminal lawyers who are against free speech
The Nationalist Party’s new populist triumvirate: Adrian Delia, Alex Borg and Franco Debono have repeatedly and consistently expressed their position against free speech in various ways. Adrian Delia initiated a libel case against Lovin Malta and ran his first leadership campaign in opposition to Daphne Caruana Galizia. Franco Debono cried foul when Manuel Delia called…
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A Libyan warlord as the Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff
I hope that everyone is aware, that while Franco Debono is conducting his self-promotional campaign in the Nationalist Party’s leadership process, the prospective leader of the Nationalist Party is actually the lawyer to a Libyan warlord and drug-dealer called Muhammed al-Musrati (known as Lilu l-King). As of recently, Lilu l-King has been terrorising Maltese citizens…
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Populist talk dominates the Nationalist Party’s discourse
Populist talk currently dominates the discourse on the future of the Nationalist Party and its ongoing process to find a new Party leader. Alex Borg is seen as the likeliest alternative for the leadership of the Nationalist Party. Everyone expected Franco Debono to nominate himself as as potential leader of the Nationalist Party. Although very…
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Justice, sometimes
Jason Azzopardi was in Court yesterday, facing charges of having illegally filmed inside the Court’s corridor – the footage in questions shows the Prime Minister speaking to the Justice Minister and the footage was shown on Net TV. Apparently, an investigation was conducted to arraign the person who took the footage and Jason Azzopardi is…
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Lawyers for Nadine Lia’s father, Victor Sant, file a case in court against the Police Commissioner over his failure to arraign Alessandro Lia on fraud charges
Lawyers Franco Debono and Edward Gatt appeared in court last Thursday to challenge the Police Commissioner in a case they filed on behalf of Nadine Lia’s father, Victor Sant. The case addresses the Police Commissioner’s failure to arraign Alessandro Lia on fraud charges, which the lawyers insist should be pursued Criminal charges were originally filed…
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A very unlikely legal war
An interesting fact that has been overlooked in Alessandro Lia’s domestic violence case against his former wife, Magistrate Nadine Lia, is that one of the lawyers representing the Magistrate in the case is Edward Gatt, a former associate of Pawlu Lia and currently the lawyer for the Labour cabal. He was also Rosianne Cutajar’s lawyer…
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Scum lawyering by Franco Debono
Count on scum lawyers to intimidate and gaslight victims in order to save the worst elements of our society. Here’s Franco Debono defending his pimp-clients, yesterday in Court over a human-trafficking case by seeking his best to extract information about victims who are yet to testify in Court. The victims are South American women who…
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Pressure mounts to keep Daniel Meli in Malta
Franco Debono is taking a break from defending scum to putting his skills and profession to better use by addressing a more dignified case. Daniel Meli is an alleged Maltese cyber-criminal who is about to be extradited to the United States for his involvement in an international scam. His previous lawyer, Joe Giglio, botched the…
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The Court’s decisions to cancel the charges against DF Advocates is irregular and it doesn’t make sense
I’ve asked legal advice and reflected a lot about Wednesday’s Court decision to annul the charges against DF Advocates. The charges were canceled because according to the defense lawyer Franco Debono, DF Advocates is not a registered company or an incorporated entity and thus can not be charged. This decision is bizarre, irregular and it…
