A woman who had been conditionally discharged for bribing a Malta Transport Authority (ADT) examiner, has filed a judicial protest, claiming the authority had no right to revoke her driving licence.

Marica Farrugia, 22, had admitted that she bribed ADT examiner Nicolai Magri, so that she would automatically pass her driving test and was conditionally discharged for a year.

In the writ filed in the First Hall of the Civil Court she claimed that following the court decision, she received a letter from ADT, by means of which she was requested to return her driving licence to the authority.

Ms Farrugia said ADT’s request was unfounded as there no law exists stating that one’s driving licence should be revoked in such circumstances.

As a result, she made a request to the court to order ADT to revoke what she termed to be an abusive and illegal decision and hand back her driving licence.

Dr Marion Camilleri and Dr Franco Debono appeared for the accused.