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6 maltatoday, WEDNESDAY, 29 JUNE 2016 News MINISTRY FOR HOME AFFAIRS AND NATIONAL SECURITY 201, STRAIT STREET, VALLETTA, MALTA Chief Executive Officer Malta Police Force The Ministry for Home Affairs and National Security is inviting interested persons to submit an application for the position of Chief Executive Officer with the Malta Police Force. Further details regarding the application may be viewed in Government Gazette published on Tuesday 28 th June 2016, and on the Ministry's website www.homeaffairs.gov.mt . Chief Executive Ocer Malta Police Force e Ministry for Home Aairs and National Security is inviting interested persons to submit an application for the position of Chief Executive Ocer with the Malta Police Force. Further details regarding the application may be viewed in Government Gazette published on Tuesday 28th June 2016, and on the Ministry's website www.homeaairs. gov.mt . Drunk British tourist jumps from balcony onto Paceville club awning MATTHEW AGIUS AFTER jumping ship from the EU and England being dumped out of Euro 2016 by lowly Iceland, a third unceremonious Brexit of sorts took place in Paceville early on Monday morning, when a drunken British youth jumped from a balcony in Paceville, landing on the awning of an entertainment establishment. 18-year-old Callum Ross Chowd- hury was then arrested after he at- tacked and tried to bite police of- ficers who had gone to his aid. Chowdhury was arraigned before Magistrate Joe Mifsud, accused of threatening and causing bodily harm to police officers, disobeying their lawful orders, breaching the peace, being drunk in public and committing a violation of another person's property. The teenage holidaymaker, who leaves Malta on Saturday, is un- derstood to have jumped from a balcony above the nightclub. Police inspector Nikolai Sant told Mag- istrate Mifsud that when officers had approached the youth to see whether he was all right, he had at- tempted to bite one of the officers. The accused, who told the court that he was due to return to the UK on Saturday, was given a dressing down by the magistrate. The court chastised the young man, telling him to drink respon- sibly. "When you're over here you must obey the laws of this country. Control your drinking." Legal aid lawyer Victor Bugeja entered a guilty plea on behalf of the accused, who was handed a six month sentence, suspended for one year, together with an €800 fine. The accused asked to be given time to pay the fine and was granted eight months. Man assaulted his mother and brothers after refusal to pipe down A 36-year-old man from Sta Ven- era was remanded in custody after he was arraigned in court yester- day, charged with grievously injur- ing his brother and slightly injur- ing his mother after an argument over storing pipes at home turned violent. Inspector Robert Said Sarreo told magistrate Joe Mifsud that the incident, which took place on Monday, began with an argument between brothers Joseph and Alex- ander Cassar over pipes which Jo- seph had been storing in the yard. The pipes were eventually dis- posed of, but Joseph had a change of heart and no sooner were the brothers rid of the pipes than Jo- seph decided that he wanted them back. A violent argument ensued and the accused, Martin Cassar, intervened to break up the fight. Events took an unexpected turn when the men's mother also waded in to break up her warring brood, with the accused then allegedly pummelling his mother's head. Seeing this, Alexander broke free of his other brother and went to hold the accused back, getting a beating for his efforts. The net result of this family brawl was Alexander suffering a wound above his left eye, classified as grievous. The argument continued at the police station, where the accused is understood to have attempted to attack Alexander. After being led outside the police station, the ac- cused began to bang his hand on the police station's inner glass door, which then shattered, showering a constable with broken glass. Martin Cassar was arraigned be- fore Magistrate Mifsud, charged with grievously injuring his broth- er, slightly injuring his mother, vio- lently resisting arrest, breaching the peace and damaging property at the Hamrun police station. He was also accused of relapsing. Legal aid lawyer Victor Bugjea entered a plea of not guilty and requested bail, retracting the bail request after the accused said that he had nowhere else to live. The accused was remanded in custody. Mario Vella to be appointed governor of the Central Bank MALTA Enterprise chairman Mario Vella has been nominated as the new Governor of the Cen- tral Bank of Malta with effect from 1 July, 2016. The Prime Minister said he had advised the President of Malta to appoint Vella – a for- mer Labour Party president – after nominee and deputy governor Alfred Mifsud turned down the nomination since bribery allegations against him became the subject of a police investigation. The Prime Minister thanked Prof. Josef Bonnici for his contri- bution during his term as Gov- ernor. "Prof. Bonnici served the country in an excellent manner in this role and in his previous roles as member of the Court of Auditors and as a minister." Vella was formerly director of Foreign Direct Investment Ser- vices at Grant Thornton and Chief Executive at the Malta De- velopment Corporation. He was visiting professor at Edinburgh Napier University between 2007 and 2012. In 2005 he was vis- iting lecturer at the Graduate School of Economics and Inter- national relations of the Univer- sità Cattolica in Milan and the Università di Urbino. He has been visiting senior lecturer at the University of Malta for many years. Dr Vella was also president of the Labour Party during the mid-nineties. Earlier this year he was honoured with Italy's Ordine al Merito. Mario Vella