A father-of-12 was granted bail on Thursday after pleading not guilty to slightly injuring his wife in the course of one of the couple’s reportedly frequent quarrels.
The man, 46, whose identity is not to be revealed in the interests of his children, pleaded not guilty to the aggression as well as to having caused his wife to fear violence during the heated argument which allegedly took place in a Cospicua residence that was not the couple’s matrimonial home.
“I love my family,” the man blurted out at the start of the hearing, interspersed with frequent questions and remarks. His primary concern appeared to be his 4-and-a half-year-old daughter whom he claimed to have nurtured from birth.
“Her mother just gave birth to her. I brought her up, I take her to school every day and see to all her needs while her mother goes to work,” the father explained to the court, presided over by Magistrate Claire Stafrace Zammit.
When briefing the court about the circumstances of the arrest, prosecuting Inspector Eman Hayman explained how the police, answering a call for help found the woman with a blooded face.
Luckily however the alleged victim had only suffered slight injuries, the court was...
