The court handed a Ghanaian man a suspended sentence after it found him guilty of resisting police arrest.

The incident occurred after Yaw Akaadom, 35, caused commotion while inebriated on St.Joseph High Road in Hamrun at 8:10pm yesterday.

The man was charged with resisting the officers who intervened to arrest him, assaulting them and injuring them slightly in the ensuing scuffle. The accused was also charged with breaching the peace.

Mr Akaadom was extremely apologetic for his behaviour in court while he pleaded guilty.

The court, upon the accused's own admission, declared the man guilty and condemned him to a jail term of six months suspended for one year and a fine of €4,000.