Vittoriosa mayor John Boxall was yesterday cleared of tampering with the council’s electricity meter.

Mr Boxall was cleared of tampering with the meter in question in November 2004. The court, presided over by magistrate Antonio Vella, said that the defence’s constant claim that the meter was in a building used by many entities and that anyone could have tampered with the meter, went in his favour.

Mr Boxall always claimed this and said that he could not understand why people arrived at the conclusion that he was responsible for it.

Dr Chris Cardona appeared for Mr Boxall.