Why is inspector Taliana being blamed?

Inspector Elton Taliana was tipped off about the true identity of the person who committed the hold up on The Convenience Shop in Birkirkara almost 36 hours after Darryl Luke Borg, 27, had been wrongfully charged and remanded in custody. His informer told him the culprit was Roderick Grech, 22, known as iċ-China iż-Żghir and even identified his picture at the police station in Birkirkara. From then on, Mr Taliana proceeded with his investigation and even asked a duty magistrate (who was not the same as the one inquiring the hold-up) for a warrant to arrest the man, but at no point did he draw anyone’s attention to the fact that the police may have charged the wrong man. Eventually, even after Mr Grech admitted his crime during questioning, the inspector failed to alert anyone. At one point, he called a superintendent for guidance because he was not sure how to fill in the charge sheet – even here, he failed to say that he planned to charge a second person in relation to the hold-up or highlight the fact there was an innocent man in prison. Eventually, the case went to court and the blunder was exposed, leading to the action that eventually saw Mr Borg finally released. In its...