Man jailed for smashing bottle over man's head

A 39-year-old man from Sliema was jailed 18 months today for smashing a bottle over the head of a man he saw drinking with his girlfriend. John Calvert had seriously injured Anthony Spicer on August 7 at a bar in Tower Road, Sliema. Magistrate Ian Farrugia said that in handing out judgement, he took into consideration “the heinous nature of the crime committed”. He said that “the way and manner in which he manifested and executive his passion is, to say the least, unacceptable in any civilised part of the world”.