“Godwin Schembri, during the course of his career in the AFM from 2003 to 2012, had a long list of disciplinary reports written about him. Schembri’s dismissal was criticised by some quarters as an overreaction, with a Facebook group subsequently being set up to show solidarity with him.īut a different picture started to emerge in court before Mr Justice Francesco Depasquale today, with Brigadier Curmi providing the context to the dismissal during his cross-examination by lawyers Marion Camilleri and Mario Spiteri, who are appearing for Schembri. Godwin Schembri, who was a bombardier, had faced disciplinary action for various offences including assaulting a migrant he was escorting on a repatriation flight, illegally working as a bouncer and carrying pepper spray without a licence.Ĭurmi took the witness stand in a court case filed by the former soldier who was discharged from the forces in 2018, shortly after a leaked video featuring him driving a military vehicle whilst making fun of a gate which had been installed at the Pembroke shooting range with no boundary wall attached to it, went viral. A former soldier dismissed after a video emerged of him making fun of the army had faced over 20 disciplinary charges during his military career, Brigadier Jeffrey Curmi has testified.
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