Floriana health centre CCTV ‘does not work’

A Malian immigrant caused a disturbance at the Floriana health centre on the night he died in a Detention Services van but CCTV footage of his “aggressive” behaviour is not available because the system at the polyclinic did not work, a court heard yesterday. Nursing Officer Anthony Zammit testified that 32-year-old Mamadou Kamara walked into the health centre on June 29 last year wanting to see a doctor. He asked him for his identity card or a passport for identifi­cation but he had none and so was told to wait. Mr Zammit said Mr Kamara had an arrogant tone and was being very aggressive and noisy. He tried to barge into the doctor’s examination room and impatiently paced the corridor. The nurse said he eventually called the police because Mr Kamara became increasingly aggressive in the waiting area. Even when the police arrived, he continued being aggressive with them, he said. Asked whether there was CCTV footage that the court could see, Mr Zammit said that the close circuit television cameras at the centre only worked for a short period when they were installed and were never used again. He was testifying in the compilation of evidence against two soldiers – Gunner Clive...