Parliamentary Secretary Roderick Galdes told the court the incident with Eugene Galea was an isolated incident and he forgives his aggressor. The former officer at the animal welfare department had his job terminated by the previous administration. He was made to leave the office under police escort prior to March this year. Taking the witness stand, the Parliamentary Secretary explained he was returning from Castille when a red car blocked the ministerial vehicle. While blocking the passage of traffic in St Joseph High Street, St Venera the accused screamed abuse at Mr Galdes. He also alleged nothing had been done about his claim against the Animal Welfare Department. Roderick Galdes tried to calm Galea and asked him to remove his vehicle and discuss the matter inside his office. Upon entering the Ministry at Casa Leone, the parliamentary secretary was informed that Galea had earlier the same day kicked up a ruckus inside. Security and other staff tried to calm him down and convinced him to leave. Magistrate Claire Stafrace Zammit heard how a month prior to the incident, Galea had approached the parliamentary secretary with information about animals which were killed at the Department. Mr Galdes had passed the information to Inspector Ramon Mercieca at the ALE and ordered an investigation. Prior to the incident parliamentary secretary Galdes had received two messages on Facebook. One exulted him for his work whilst the second claimed he was trying to hide evidence. At the time Mr Galdes had ignored the messages. However, after the incident he passed the Facebook communication to the police. “On second thoughts one of the messages was deemed to be threatening”, he said. Inspector Sarah Magri, the lead investigator on this case was next on the witness stand. She explained how after the incident outside Case Lone, the accused had been arrested. At the time he was at B’Kara police station filing a report containing his version of the incident. The accused informed Inspector Sarah Magri he had passed information to Mr Galdes but no action was taken. When the inspector asked her colleague about the investigation demanded by the parliamentary Secretary, Inspector Ramon Mercieca informed her that the majority of the cases were time barred. The investigation of Galea’s other claims was still underway. Parliamentary Secretary Roderick Galdes went back on the witness stand and explained the incident was strictly related to Galea’s allegation of abuse at the animal welfare department. “At no time did the accused discuss or stress about his job being terminated”, he said. Mr Galdes then informed Magistrate Claire Stafrace Zammit he had forgiven Eugene Galea and no longer had any interest in the case. The case however will continue as the police do not require the complaint of the injured party in such cases.