Sandro Chetcuti case: Lawyer accuses Vince Farrugia of perjury

The lawyer representing developer Sandro Chetcuti, who is accused of having injured GRTU Director-General Vince Farrugia when he assaulted him at the GRTU's headquarters two years ago, this morning accused Mr Farrugia of blatantly lying under oath. In his final submissions in the case, lawyer Edward Gatt said Mr Farrugia had initially said he was hit at least 10 times on the face and later he increased the number to 15 to 20 times. Dr Gatt said that if his client had hit really hit Mr Farrugia 15 to 20 times, everyone would know the consequences, considering Mr Chetcuti's structure. One of the witnesses, he said, was Marcella Agius, who was the first person to enter Mr Farrugia’s office after the incident. She opened the door and found the director general on the floor. GRTU officials Philip Fenech, Paul Abela and Joe Attard, who walked in after Ms Agius, said they saw Mr Farrugia being kicked, which was not true. Dr Gatt referred to the testimony of Sylvia Gauci who clearly said that she had been asked to testify that Mr Farrugia was being kicked and that Mr Chetcuti was telling Mr Farrugia 'I will kill you'. This was not true, the lawyer said. He said his client had punched Mr...