Update 2: Action to be taken against inspector deemed responsible for police blunder

The Police Commissioner shall be taking action against Inspector Elton Taliana, who has been deemed responsible for a recent police blunder which saw a man wrongly charged with a hold up in Birkirkara, even though he was the one to arraign the right person. The Police Board, which was convened to look into the case of mistaken arraignment, found Insp. Taliana at fault because he failed to raise the alarm when he found that the police had got the wrong man. “The Board is of the view that these shortcomings were due to the fact that Inspector Taliana, instead of cooperating with other police officers who he knew had investigated and charged another person in court, chose to forge ahead without communicating with any colleague or superior who had been in touch with him in connection with the case...” The conclusion forms part of a report which was delivered by the Police Board, headed by Judge Franco Depasquale, to the Home Affairs Minister and the Police Commissioner on Friday and which has now been made public through an official government statement. In a statement this afternoon, the police said disciplinary and/or criminal action will be taken as recommended by the board. The...