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The abuse lasted from May 2019 till last month. A representative of the victim explained that the man would persistently attempt to invade her personal space and also fre- quently touch her inappropri- ately, despite her resistance and vocal objections, forcing her to resign from the MPO, "giving up her dream." The victim, a classically trained musician, resigned from the Orchestra to avoid further con- tact with the man. The official's defence lawyer Giannella De Marco had told the court that the accused "suffered a lot from anxiety" which had contributed to the premature end of his mu- sical career. The court warned him that he could face up to six months in prison as well as a fine between €5,000 and €10,000, but explained there were lesser pun- ishments which at the court's dis- posal. After he confirmed his guilty plea, the court declared the man guilty and sentenced him to one year in prison, suspended for four years. A five-year restraining or- der in favour of the victim was al- so imposed. Despite the relatively light sentence, De Marco asked the court for the suspension of the judgement – indicating an intention to file an appeal against the punishment. LUKE VELLA NATIONALIST MP Karol Aq- uilina and civil society NGO Repubblika yesterday called out what they said was an at- tempt by the Commissioner of Police to "shift all blame" onto the Attorney General's office over charges that were not filed against Pilatus Bank officials. Interviewed by Andrew Az- zopardi on Radio 103 Heart on Saturday, Commissioner of Police Angelo Gafà defended the police's work on the Pila- tus Bank saga, saying that any prosecution of its banking of- ficials on possible money laun- dering charges was now remit of the Attorney General, Vic- toria Buttigieg. "There's a distinction be- tween investigating officers and the prosecution," he said. "Police conduct their investi- gations but it is then the At- torney General that decides whether to prosecute or not." Police have so far only initiat- ed action against Pilatus Bank as a financial entity, and for- mer legal officer Claude Anna Sant Fournier, both charged with money laundering. "Angelo Gafà, Alexandra Mamo and Victoria Buttigieg ended up blaming each other for this obscenity," Repubblika said, accusing the police chief of attempting to derail justice in the money laundering case. Repubblika president Robert Aquilina maintains that the Attorney General has quashed charges against two banking officials. "It is now too late for Gafà to blame others. He is complicit in an attempt not to carry out justice on this crim- inal case. We know very well what his responsibility is, as we know what the responsibil- ities of Alexandra Mamo and Victoria Buttigieg are." Nationalist MP Karol Aqui- lina said Gafà's interview con- firmed that the AG and even Justice Minister Jonathan At- tard were complicit in "cover- ing up" the Pilatus Bank scan- dal. "The Police Commissioner has placed all the responsibility into the Attorney General's lap because he knows what wrong decisions she made about this case. It is clear that the Attor- ney General with the complic- ity of the Minister of Justice is doing her best to cover up the Pilatus bank scandal," Aquili- na said. He added that the AG Victo- ria Buttigieg had granted a par- don by issuing a 'nolle prose- qui' to two people involved in the Pilatus scandal but that Attard had refused to provide details of the nolle prosequi instruments issued by the AG over the past years. "The Na- tionalist Party expects the At- torney General to make public statements of the names of these two persons and to give a full and detailed account of the decisions taken in relation to this case." Up to AG to prosecute Pilatus says Gafà pect is charged with the illegal purchase of firearms on the dark web using cryptocurrency, for the US court to authorise the US Attorney to serve subpoenas as required in a request by the Mal- tese police. Shuttered bank Pilatus Bank was shut down by the European Central Bank and the Malta Financial Services Authority in March 2018 after Pilatus owner Ali Sadr Hashem- inejad was arrested by FBI at Dulles Airport and charged with breaching sanctions against Iran when he funnelled $115 million in payments to his Iranian fami- ly's companies. However, in an unprecedented turn of events, after first being found guilty by the New York court, the United States District Attorney filed a nolle prose- qui, effectively throwing the sponge over a grievous error in withholding evidence from the Hasheminejad defence team. The US courts have since ex- punged the guilty verdict. The Malta-based private bank, controversial for its close associ- ation to members of the Azerbai- jani ruling dynasty shot to noto- riety just before the 2017 general election when Daphne Caruana Galizia alleged that the secretive Panama company Egrant was owned by then prime minister Joseph Muscat's wife, Michelle, and the company banked with Pilatus. The Muscats denied the alle- gations and the prime minister asked for a magisterial inquiry into the claims. The inquiry found no connec- tion whatsoever between the Muscats and Egrant. Left: Attorney General Victoria Buttigieg, and Commissioner of Police Angelo Gafà But PN, Repubblika call out 'pathetic attempt' to place responsibility on issuing charges on Attorney General