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title: "Tourist Fined for Assaulting Police Officer in Paceville"
date: 2026-03-17T10:51:38.541+00:00
updated: 2026-03-17T14:01:42.99+00:00
topics: ["Crime", "Courts", "Local"]
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# Tourist Fined for Assaulting Police Officer in Paceville

## In brief

- A 25-year-old tourist was fined after admitting to holding a police sergeant in a headlock.
- The incident occurred in Paceville as the tourist was being escorted from a strip club.
- The man was reportedly drunk and angry, attempting to recover €6,000 he claimed to have spent.

A 25-year-old tourist has been fined after pleading guilty to assaulting a police officer in Paceville. The incident took place early on Saturday morning when the man held a police sergeant in a headlock.

The tourist was being escorted out of a strip club at the time of the assault. Reports indicate that he was drunk and angry, attempting to recover €6,000 which he claimed to have spent at the establishment.

The court found the man guilty, leading to the fine.

Further details have emerged regarding the incident where a tourist assaulted a police officer in Paceville. During court proceedings, it was heard that the 25-year-old tourist was drunk and angry at the time of the incident.

He was reportedly trying to recover €6,000 that he claimed to have spent in a strip club. The incident occurred as he was being escorted out of the establishment by police officers.

## The Spin Room

**Low media divide.** The new details were reported factually by the source.

## Updates

- **2026-03-17:** New details emerged that the tourist was drunk and angry, attempting to recover €6,000 he claimed to have spent in a strip club.

## Sources (2)

- [Times of Malta](https://timesofmalta.com/article/tourist-held-police-sergeant-headlock-court-told.1125566)
- [Newsbook](https://newsbook.com.mt/en/tourist-fined-after-holding-sergeant-in-a-headlock/)

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