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maltatoday WEDNESDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2018 News 5 CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Scerri Herrera was indeed found to have breached the ju- diciary's code of ethics by com- promising her integrity and personal dignity, by attending parties and seeking public ex- posure, and even entertaining the amorous advances of a po- lice inspector. The decision had summed up a saga first ignited by Carua- na Galizia in her blog back in January 2010, with a fiery cam- paign against the magistrate and her companion Robert Musumeci, a former National- ist Party mayor. The feud was kindled when Scerri Herrera had gloated at a dinner party at her home, that the press would break the news of a domestic violence report filed by Caruana Galizia's hus- band against the journalist. When Caruana Galizia got wind of the gossip from one of Scerri Herrera's guests, she struck hard, publishing photos of the partying magistrate on her birthday, which had been posted on Facebook. Allegations she published on her blog became the subject of the Commission's investi- gation. But the Commission later found no evidence of per- sonal favouritism towards Mu- sumeci, or that she had visited Singapore on an unnecessary work trip. Instead it rebuked Scerri Her- rera for attending parties dur- ing which invitees would in- clude political party members, or in the case of her own birth- day party, a politician who was involved in a case she presid- ed. Facebook photos publicly available showed the magis- trate letting her hair down at her birthday party, with guests that included politicians from all sides (her brother is the La- bour minister José Herrera) and businessmen. This alone made it incum- bent on her to anticipate that the presence of such people compromised her. The Commission also noted that interviews the magistrate gave to three separate maga- zines between 2003 and 2008 had portrayed her as seeking the public's favour. And cen- tral to the scorned friendship between Caruana Galizia and Scerri Herrera was the fate of a string of love letters from a police inspector. The Commission had said Scerri Herrera compromised herself by entertaining the letters from police inspector Dominic Micallef, and show- ing them to her old school- friend Greta Gatt, who passed them on to Caruana Galizia. Caruana Galizia used the letters to point out that the couple had had a long love af- fair. The Commission told the magistrate she should have repudiated the advances and destroyed the letters instead of passing them on to Gatt. In its conclusion, the Com- mission said the judiciary was required to behave in a way that no shadow could be cast on their integrity and personal dignity, or in some way that their independence and im- partiality could be placed in doubt. Consuelo Scerri Herrera has been elected by her peers to sit on the Commission for the Administration of Justice that had rebuked her for breach of ethics Allegations against Scerri Herrera were first raised by Daphne Caruana Galizia It rebuked Scerri Herrera for attending parties during which invitees would include political party members, or in the case of her own birthday party, a politician who was involved in a case she presided www.teatrumanoel.com.mt T: 2124 6389 | E: bookings@teatrumanoel.com.mt Directed by Jack Furness Malta Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted by Philip Walsh Surtitled in English and Maltese Teatru Manoel BOV Opera Week 5, 7, 9 & 11 March 2018 7.30pm, Teatru Manoel WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART'S €150 for all 4 shows €120 for Don Giovanni plus 2 others €100 for Don Giovanni plus 1 other OPERA WEEK PACKAGE PRICES OPERATIC PARAPHRASES FOR PIANO 6 MARCH 2018 TEATRU MANOEL Pianist Vassilis Varvaresos performs music by Mozart, Liszt, Schumman and Wagner. MOZART'S SACRED MUSIC 10 MARCH 2018, ST. AUGUSTINE'S CHURCH, VALLETTA Soprano Miriam Gauci with the Goldberg Ensemble conducted by Michael Laus perform Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's sacred music. FLUTE IN OPERA 8 MARCH 2018 TEATRU MANOEL Flautist Rebecca Hall accompanied by pianist Lucia Micallef, perform music by Handel, Gluck, Donizetti, Chopin, Gershwin, Bizet and Borne. 1337. Teatru - Don Giovanni - 37x3.indd 1 12/02/2018 18:17