Chief of Staff contacted main witness in Police Board inquiry through a convicted criminal - PN

The Chief of Staff at the Ministry of Home Affairs, Silvio Scerri, on Tuesday sent for the man who was wrongly charged over a hold-up and spoke to him for half an hour about the case before telling him to appear before the Police Board, the Opposition spokesman for Home Affairs, Jason Azzopardi told a press conference today. To make matters worse, the wrongly arraigned man - Darryl Luke Borg - was contacted through a convicted criminal, Charles Attard known as Iz-Zambi, he added. Mr Attard served time for the attempted murder of Richard Cachia Caruana, personal assistant to former Prime Minister Eddie Fenech Adami. The claim was immediately denied by Mr Scerri, who told Times of Malta that Mr Borg and his mother had gone to the ministry accompanied by Mr Attard and asked to speak to the minister. Since the minister, Emanuel Mallia, was abroad, Mr Scerri said he spoke to them instead and asked them to appear before the Police Board investigating the case. He then phoned Judge Francesco Depasquele and told him that Mr Borg was prepared to meet the board. In his press conference Dr Azzopardi recalled that Mr Borg was mistakenly accused of carrying out a hold-up. He was held in...