Related case:
NADDP 2015 National Anti-Doping Commission of Malta vs Steve Camilleri
April 29, 2015
On 29 April 2015 the National Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel of Malta decided to impose a 4 year period of ineligibility on the Athlete Steve Camilleri for evading the sample collection.
Hereafter in May 2015 the Athlete appealed the decision of 29 April 2015 with the National Anti-Doping Appeal Panel of Malta and filed several arguments in his defence against the previous decision.
In review of the evidence the Appeal Panel finds that under the Rules the Athlete was duly notified by the Doping Control Officers to provide a sample for drug testing and even if the Athlete is not in a testing pool or in ADAMS the Athlete has to comply after notification to provide a sample.
The Panel concludes that there were no serious departures from the International Standard for Testing. The Panel also rejects the Athlete’s argument for lex mitior to reduce the imposed sanction because the disciplinary proceedings against the Athlete were opened with the new Anti-Doping Regulations already in force since 9 January 2015.
Considering the Athlete’s negligence, with no intention to cheat and without tested positive before the Anti-Doping Appeal Panel decides to reduce the sanction and to impose a 2 year period of ineligibility on the Athlete starting on the date of the provisional suspension i.e. on 2 March 2015.
