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5 maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 22 MAY 2019 NEWS DAVID HUDSON THE court heard on Tuesday how a Swede, Johan Tommy Noren, 29 years old, smashed a beer bottle on his partner's head while under the influ- ence of drugs. On 18 May 2019, Johan Tommy Noren and his part- ner were allegedly separated in Paceville. While Noren was allegedly using drugs, his girlfriend went to sleep at a friend's house in Paceville. Noren returned to the same residence later, finding his partner asleep on a single bed, and woke her up force- fully and started threatening her, the prosecution told the court. Afraid and groggy, the vic- tim allegedly endured these insults until Noren smashed a glass bottle against her head. The prosecution showed pictures to MaltaToday of the aftermath, with the vic- tim having a blood-soaked head being nursed at Mater Dei hospital. Noren was charged with domestic violence, causing slight bodily harm, using psychological and physical violence to detain his part- ner, and uttering threats and insults with malicious intent. The legal aid defence law- yer did not ask for bail and Noren was remanded in po- lice custody. The prosecution, led by Inspector Bernardette Val- letta, asked for a protection order in favour of the victim, which the court granted. Neville Camilleri was the presiding magistrate. No bail for man who assaulted partner with a glass bottle LAURA CALLEJA POLITICAL billboards belong- ing to the Labour and Nation- alist parties have been defaced with graffiti by a group calling themsevlves Billboard Guerillas. The group said that that they carried out "an attack on silly PLPN messages" which they claim are polluting the streets. "As another election approach- es, our country has yet again been plastered with stupid and meaningless political messages of all shapes and sizes, calling the Billboard Guerrillas into ac- tion once again," the group said. The group said the two par- ties only have the interests of Charles Azzopardi (Azzopardi Fisheries), Charles Polidano iċ-Ċaqnu, Silvio Debono (dB Group), Winston J. Zahra (Is- land Hotels Group), Joseph Portelli (Portelli Projects), Al- fred Pisani (Corinthia Group), Sandro Chetcuti (Malta Devel- opers Association), Charles and Anton Camilleri tal-Franċiż, the Tumas Group, Marco Gaf- farena, Joe Gasan and "their ilk" in mind. Billboard Guerillas said that both PL and PN were trying to convince the public that they loved Malta and were willing to fight for it. However, the group said, "tragically, their track re- cord shows that they have con- sistently ignored the common good and turned Malta and its population into a material to be exploited by their rich and greedy friends." Labour and Nationalist billboards defaced by adbusting 'guerrillas' The group said that it carried out "an attack on silly PLPN messages"