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Matthew Agius is Senior Reporter on Law and Court Affairs at MaltaToday. He is also a Legal Procurator and Commissioner for Oaths. Prior to reading Law at the University of Malta, Matthew served in the British Army.

Court & Police

Nigerian drug trafficker's 2010 sentence to stand despite rights breach

A court has ruled that a Nigerian man who was jailed for 20 years for...

Court & Police

Bystanders acquitted of ripping off car door and assaulting motorist

The court ruled that there was insufficient evidence to find the defendants...

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Speaker’s PAC ruling on oil scandal breached right to non-self incrimination

A Constitutional court has held that a 2014 ruling by the Speaker of the House,...

Court & Police

Heirs of dockyard asbestos victim awarded €30,000 in moral damages

Court awards family members €30,000 in moral damages for death of their...

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Jose Herrera libel victory confirmed on appeal

The court of appeal agreed with the first court's reasoning in that the...

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Motorist held partially responsible for fatally injuring Aldo Moro road jaywalker

Magistrate Bugeja observed that jurisprudence had established that a third...

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Karozzin driver denies multiple armed robbery charges

A karozzin driver known to police, has been remanded in custody on charges of...

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Updated | Sliema pensioner requests alcohol rehab after knife attack on ex-partner

A Sliema pensioner has been handed...

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Assistant police commissioner takes PSC to court over selection of deputy commissioners

An assistant police commissioner has hit out at the opacity with which the...

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Woman admits visiting Malta to work illegally

A woman is being detained pending her compulsory return to Italy after she...

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Man arraigned over three ecstasy pills as court insists no amount is ‘excusable’

A Libyan youth who was found with three ecstasy pills last night has...

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Drunk clubber charged with stealing sound mixer from Iklin club

The clubber was somewhat worse for drink when he decided to try and remove the...

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Motorist cleared of negligence in 2014 head-on collision

A court concluded that a motorist was not at fault for an accident...

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Guilty of domestic violence, man gets suspended sentence

A 31-year-old of Birkirkara, with ‘unhappy criminal record’,...

Court & Police

Three admit to using forged travel documents

Three men have received suspended sentences in separate arraignments for...

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Former Tripoli mayor involved in Gzira knife attack

Former Tripoli mayor and military commander Mahdi al-Harati involved in...

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Jobless man arrested with drugs succumbed to €500 offer to act as drug mule

Accused says drugs were not his, but that he had been promised €500 to...

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Car boot drug bust | Accused's brother refuses to testify

The accused's brother briefly took the witness stand today, but opted...

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Man's conviction quashed over charge sheet error

Raymond Xerri had been arrested in January 2010 after the owner of an Isuzu...

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Tarxien woman admits to complicity in violent robbery

A woman received a suspended sentence after she admitted to having...