Prison boss quits after he gets suspended jail term for gun incident

Updated with details from judgment
Prison boss Robert Brincau stepped down from his post on Tuesday, shortly after a court found him guilty of a range of offences including injuring a man and carrying a gun without a licence at Għadira Bay in August. 
In the judgment, Brincau was handed a 12-month jail term suspended for three years. He was cleared of misuse of electronic communications equipment.
In a brief statement, the government said Brincau immediately resigned from the post and the current Commissioner for the Safeguarding and Development of Prisoners, Christopher Siegersma will be appointed in his stead.

Times of Malta first revealed last August that Brincau was being investigated over claims he produced a gun during a dispute.
Screengrab from a video showing prison director Robert Brincau at the end of the incident.
Volunteer ambulance driver Liam Doublet had described to the court how he had "turned cold" when the 49-year-old prison boss whipped out a firearm and pointed it at his head during a tense argument. 
The weapon was presented in court along with a black holster and 10 nine-millimetre bullets. It was among the list of weapons registered at CCF but not to...