(Footage - Net TV Newsfeed)

Paul Sheehan, Home Affairs Minister Manuel Mallia's driver, called the police control room at 9.15pm on the night of the Gzira incident and said he had spoken to the minister and told him he had shot twice at a car which had clipped the minister's vehicle.

Net TV this evening released a transcript of the telephone calls that were made before the DOI issued a press statement at 11pm saying warning shots had been fired in the incident.

A man, which Newsfeed said was Mr Sheehan, who was later accused of attempted murder, is heard telling someone not to get up or he would shoot at him again. He called the HQ to let them know he had followed a driver and shot at the vehicle.

Acting Police Commissioner Ray Zammit asked the constable on duty at the time if the car had been hit and he was told that both cars had been. The commissioner then asked the officer to send a low loader to pick up the vehicle. He also called Inspector Alexandra Mamo to tell her to investigate the incident.

The inspector informed the commissioner that the car had been hit by fired shots and she was told to preserve the side.

The commissioner was at one time on the line with both the OPM chief communications officer Kurt Farrugia and Mr Sheehan, and exchanged the answers given by the police officer with Mr Farrugia.

Mr Sheehan said that he had been attacked with a beer bottle and told the commissioner that he had shot from inside his vehicle.

Later, at about 10pm, the commissioner again called Mr Sheehan and the officer confirmed that he had shot at the other driver. At 11pm, the commissioner called Mr Sheehan and told him that Minister Mallia wanted to speak to him. The minister ended the call with "ok siehbi" (Ok, my friend)

Sheehan was last week charged with the attempted murder of Stephen Morrison Smith. He was remanded in custody.

The government had issued a statement late in the evening of the incident - at 11.15pm, that is after these telephone calls had been made - saying that warning shots had been fired at the car belonging to the Briton. A day later this version was retracted after photos published by the media showed that the Briton's car had been hit.

The Nationalist Party has called for the removal of Manuel Mallia from the post of Home Affairs Minister, and has presented a motion of no confidence in Parliament. No date has as yet been set for the debate.