Former Xgħajra Labour deputy mayor Neil Attard has been cleared of harassing his former girlfriend through a series of messages allegedly sent by means of fake Facebook profiles.
The woman had stated under oath that Mr Attard had seemed unwilling to accept their breakup and kept harassing her through messages, some 46,000 in all, sent via fake Facebook profiles.
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Although Mr Attard was charged with stalking and harassing his ex, when delivering judgment the court observed that although both the alleged victim and the prosecuting officer had made reference to a series of phone calls allegedly made by the accused, these constituted the subject of separate proceedings.
Magistrate Donatella Frendo Dimech observed that the proceedings lacked “all evidence in respect of phone calls.”
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Nor was there any shred of evidence regarding the alleged stalking, the court pointed out, thereby limiting itself to the accusation concerning the fake profiles, focusing upon testimony by the alleged victim herself.
The prosecution’s case rested entirely upon the result of…