Wednesday, 27 August 2008
Tuesday, 26 August 2008
Director of Prisons, Superintendent Sandro Gatt
Director of Prisons, Superintendent Sandro Gatt, has been replaced at his own request, the Ministry of Home Affairs said this afternoon.
It said Supt Gatt yesterday asked to be re-assigned to the police force and the request was accepted.
Inspector Abraham Zammit, currently deputy director of prisons, has taken over in an acting capacity.
The Ministry of Home Affairs has also appointed Mr Emanuel Cassar to head an independent board to investigate reports on alleged shortcomings at the prisons.
Supt Gatt has been in the eye of a storm after report that a prisoner was beaten up by prison guards and others, carried in The Sunday Times, that prisoner Leli Camilleri, known as Il-Bully, acted as an intermediary between the prisoners and the prison authorities. Supt Gatt had said that inmates were not forced to go through Mr Camilleri and he saw a number of prisoners every day.
Monday, 14 July 2008
17 ethnic Albanians convicted of terrorism offences
A Macedonian court on Friday handed down heavy jail sentences to 17 ethnic Albanians convicted of terrorism offences, AFP informed.
The group, which included three Kosovars and an Albanian national who were tried in absentia, were guilty of "terrorism, attacks on police, enemy activity and the illegal possession of weapons and explosives," said the court.
Those who were absent each got 15-year sentences, while of the remainder, one ethnic Albanian was jailed for 12 years and all the others 10 years.
The group, which included three Kosovars and an Albanian national who were tried in absentia, were guilty of "terrorism, attacks on police, enemy activity and the illegal possession of weapons and explosives," said the court.
Those who were absent each got 15-year sentences, while of the remainder, one ethnic Albanian was jailed for 12 years and all the others 10 years.
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