A Court In Malta Released Somali National From Jail On Bail

Two men, of foreign nationality, were arraigned separately in the Gozo Courts on Christmas morning, the police said.

The two were involved in a fight in Xlendi on 30 December.

A 24-year-old Nigerian resident in Zebbug, Gozo, was charged with causing a grievous injury to a 30-year-old man, breaching the peace and creating public disorder, and breaching conditions imposed by a previous court ruling.

He pleaded not guilty but was refused bail.

A 30-year-old man of Somalia, resident in Munxar, was charged with public disorder and breaching the peace, as well as breaching conditions imposed by a previous court ruling. He was granted bail.

The prosecution was led by Inspector Bernard Charles Spiteri.

The police did not give the names of the accused.