A father who was accused of attempting to injure the man who allegedly furnished his son with drugs has been cleared by a court for lack of evidence. 
The incident happened in Cospicua in April last year when Joseph Ellul spotted his son’s suspected drug supplier seated inside a BMW 530 Sport, and allegedly rammed his VW Polo at him. The crash was followed by a heated argument.
The BMW driver, Joseph Brignione, filed a police report saying that he had been chatting on his mobile phone when Mr Ellul drove past and suddenly reversed “gas down” into his car. He claimed that Mr Ellul had then approached him wielding “a green metal bar.”
Mr Ellul gave a conflicting version, claiming that he had drawn up alongside Mr Brignione’s car and had angrily told him, “Stop selling synthetic [drugs] to my son!”
As he was about to get out of his car, the other man had sped off, the BMW scraping against his VW Polo.
The following day, the police received a report of another incident claiming that Mr Ellul had driven his Polo at Mr Brignione’s father who had been riding a Kymco Agility scooter in Vittoriosa.
The alleged victim had claimed that while driving towards Kalkara, he had sighted Mr Ellul…