Man fined £600 for calling a police man a skillet

A man has been fined €850 (£615) subsequent to calling a cop a 'skillet'. 

Patrick Scriberras was holding up at a transport stop in St Paul's Bay, Malta, when he yelled 'Hawn ja griddle' – Hey you skillet – as a squad car drove past. 

In any case, in the wake of drinking at a bar prior in the day, he conceded in court that he couldn't recall the episode. 

A companion who was with him, nonetheless, said he was not tipsy and denied that he had said anything at the passing squad car. 

Another companion reached lift Scriberras and his companion up and took them home, as indicated by Malta Today. 

Scriberras' attorney Franco Debono said the police response had been misrepresented and the police had said they heard him using the insult . 

He was, however discovered blameworthy of offending a cop in the activity of his obligations, affronting open ethics with words or motions, giving false subtle elements to police, breaking the peace, and backsliding. 

He was fined and given a contingent