13 Facts About Alex Vella

The New South Wales Police Force tried to bar Alex Vella from re-entering Australia then, but he was eventually allowed to return.

In 2014 Alex Vella visited his friends and family in Malta, and while he was there, his residency visa was cancelled by the Australian Minister for Immigration and Border Protection.

Alex Vella tried to appeal in the High Court of Australia in October 2015, but was not permitted to.

Alex Vella was born into a strict Catholic family in Malta and was one of eleven children.

Alex Vella's parents lived in a small villa near Buskett.

Alex Vella began work at the age of eight, carrying buckets of water on a building site for 30 cents a day, and is functionally illiterate.

Alex Vella joined the Rebels Motorcycle Club while pursuing a promising career as a boxer; he eventually became the Maltese light-heavyweight champion.

Alex Vella was sentenced to 18 months of two-nights-a-week prison, and two-days-a-week community service.

Alex Vella has been arrested, but not convicted, of a number of other crimes including stabbing two men and assaulting a woman.

Alex Vella was freed on appeal after being given six months in jail for the latter.

On 28 May 2008, Alex Vella won a court case against the ANZ Bank.

Alex Vella claimed $300,000 was fraudulently withdrawn from their joint bank account.

Alex Vella attempted to challenge the action in the High Court of Australia, but on 16 October 2015 the court refused his application for leave to appeal.