Man charged with violent assault on social media personality Terry Muscat
A man accused of violently assaulting social media personality Terry Muscat headbutted a courtroom door and screamed 'I'm going to die in there' when he was denied bail. Gareth Chlach, 22, pleaded not guilty to all charges when he appeared in court on Tuesday. Muscat, better known as 'Terry Ta' Bormla' shared pictures and live-streamed video of her facial injuries on Facebook last week following the alleged incident. The court heard how she filed a report with the police's domestic violence unit last Friday following an argument over a mobile phone with Chlach, whom she had been in a relationship with, for months. Inspector Eman Hayman told the court that Muscat claimed Chlach had wanted to use her phone to make a personal call. The accused, angered when Muscat followed to listen in on the phone call, flung the phone onto the floor and when his partner bent down to retrieve it, punched her in the face, the inspector said. Muscat said she had been living in constant fear on account of Chlach's violent streak, likely made worse by his “acute drug addiction,” explained the inspector. Chlach was arrested on Monday when he voluntarily turned up at the local police station. He...