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6 maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 29 JULY 2026 NEWS LETTER OF INTENTION - Safeguarding Employment Agency Limited An outsourcing/temping agency which offers jobs inside Malta by putting up an advert in social media groups and other means of advertisement. We help applicants who are qualified for the jobs we offer. Our company offers the following: • Interviewing, selection, and placement of candidates in employment. • Recruitment of persons abroad and in Malta for employment in Malta or in an EU member state. • Advertising of the filling of vacancies. • Temporary and contract staffing. • Permanent recruitment and placement. We make sure that we value each of you by honouring your dreams by doing the work. Company No: C105106 Company Address: The Factory, Tigne Place, Triq Tigne, Sliema Contact Number: +356 9963 3003 KARL AZZOPARDI kazzopardi@mediatoday.com.mt Qormi man denied bail over rental deposit scam targeting third-country nationals CAMEN Camilleri, a 37-year- old man from Qormi, has been remanded in custody after pleading not guilty to defrauding several third-country nationals by allegedly collecting rental de- posits for properties they never received. The accused faces charges of fraud, misappropriation, breaching a probation order, and relapsing. The alleged offences took place during June and July this year. Police inspector John Sam- mut told Magistrate Leonard Caruana over the past week several people reported to the Qormi police station claiming they had fallen victim to the al- leged scam. According to the prosecution, at least four victims said they had paid deposits to rent prop- erties but were never given the keys or allowed to take posses- sion of the premises. Police investigations linked the accused to the reports af- ter officers found the mobile phone number and bank ac- count details provided by the victims matched those of the accused. An arrest warrant was subse- quently issued before the ac- cused later turned himself in at the Qormi police station. The court denied the ac- cused's request for bail. The prosecution was led by Inspectors Roderick Attard and John Sammut, while law- yer Adreana Zammit appeared for the defence. Labour councillor granted bail after admitting to threatening police and LESA officers LABOUR Qormi councillor Daniel Ablett, 35, was granted bail after pleading guilty to sev- eral charges related to an inci- dent involving a LESA officer in Valletta, while contesting the most serious accusation against him. The prosecution, led by In- spectors Dylan Pace and Abi- gail Pomroy, told the court that at around 7:30pm on Sunday, 27 July, Valletta Police Station received a report from the Po- lice Control Room that a LESA officer had been assaulted in the capital. Police officers arrived at the scene and found Ablett arguing with the LESA official. After informing him that he was un- der arrest and reading him his rights, the accused allegedly al- so threatened one of the police officers, telling him he would kill him. Following his arrest, Ablett gave a statement to the police before being arraigned in court. He was represented by lawyers Ishmael Psaila and Amadeus Cachia. Ablett contested the first charge, which accuses him of using violence or resistance against a public officer, name- ly a LESA enforcement officer, while the officer was carrying out his official duties. However, he admitted the remaining charges, which in- clude threatening and insulting public officers, causing slight injuries to the LESA officer, threatening a police constable, refusing to obey lawful police orders, disturbing the public peace, throwing bodily sub- stances in a public place, and being intoxicated in a public area. Due to his admission regard- ing the majority of the charges, the Court initially suspended the hearing of the case. How- ever, at the request of the de- fence, the proceedings resumed to allow for the submission of a request for release from arrest. The defence requested bail and argued that there was no risk of evidence being tam- pered with since the alleged victim is a public official. The prosecution objected, citing the seriousness of the offenc- es and noting that the charges carry the possibility of an effec- tive prison sentence. After hearing submissions from both sides, the court granted Ablett bail under sev- eral conditions. He was ordered not to leave Malta, to attend all court sit- tings, refrain from committing further offences, report daily to a police station, observe a curfew between 9pm and 6am, deposit €3,000, and provide a personal guarantee of €7,000. At the prosecution's request, the court also issued protec- tion orders in favour of both the LESA officer and the police officer involved in the case. JAELLE BORG jborg@mediatoday.com.mt Daniel Ablett