Man attacked police officers in Ħamrun police station, court told

A 42-year-old man was on Friday charged with having attacked three police officers while he was in the Ħamrun police station last month.  Joseph Zammit, who lives in Sta Venera, allegedly resisted and attacked three police officers while carrying out their duties on August 14, charges brought by Inspector Andy Rotin read.  Rotin told the court that Zammit was behaving strangely at the time, which caused the officers to suspect that he was inebriated.  He was also accused of causing slight injuries to two of the officers and breaching bail conditions set out for him in other pending procedures, as well as being a recidivist. Zammit, who was represented by lawyer Roberto Montaldo, pleaded not guilty and asked Magistrate Monica Vella to grant bail.  The prosecution objected to the request, arguing that given that the case involved acts of violence on police officers and that a civilian witness had yet to testify, it would not be appropriate to grant the accused bail.  The defence rebutted, saying that since the incident some three weeks ago, the accused had been living freely and had not behaved in a way that would raise concerns that he planned to approach the officers involved or...