A man was arraigned in court last Saturday on domestic violence charges after allegedly making threatening phone calls to his ex partner.

The man, who is not being named due to the nature of the charges had been arraigned on 11 October and had been granted bail by Magistrate Donatella Frendo Dimech.  
But three days later, the man claims that he was contacted by the alleged victim in a bid to reconcile and after that they started again communicating with each other again.

They agreed to meet but the alleged victim then decided to go out with a friend of hers and then started calling the accused. The man then went to his ex-partner’s residence from where he took her internet card and allegedly made a threatening phone call to her.

The man was later arrested and arraigned in court last Saturday before Magistrate Natasha Galea Sciberras, charged with domestic violence, theft and with insulting and threatening the woman. He was also charged with breaching his bail conditions.

Lawyer Alfred Abela entered a not guilty plea and asked for a technical expert to be appointed to collect all possible evidence from the parties’ mobile phones including any saved telephone calls as the victim is known to record their telephone conversations. That request was upheld, but the request for bail was denied.

Inspector Melvyn Camilleri prosecuted. Lawyer Alfred Abela was defence counsel.