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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.

National

Violent assault on Dutch prisoner: Warders’ reinstatement was PSC’s decision, home affairs minister says

The return to undisclosed duties of four prison warders who had been jailed in...

Court & Police

No bail for 18-year-old arrested for trafficking drugs at Numero Uno

A young man was remanded in custody after being found to be in...

Court & Police

Witness in Gozo 15kg cocaine bust declines to testify

The owner of a Mercedes in which 15kg of cocaine were discovered has...

Court & Police

Homeless man jailed for 15 months for assault on Mount Carmel nurse

A 21-year-old homeless British man was sentenced to a year in jail after CCTV...

Court & Police

Kitchen assistant gets one year in prison for threatening men with meat cleaver

A Chinese kitchen assistant who threatened two men with a meat cleaver was...

Court & Police

Drugs Squad swoops on entertainment venues, five arrested

Four men and a woman are arrested in two Drugs Squad operations, arraignments...

Court & Police

Festa reveller remanded in custody after drunken, foul-mouthed assault on policeman

A Gzira resident was remanded in custody earlier today on count of...

Court & Police

Argument over missing tips leads to flying chair and brandished meat cleaver

A restaurant dishwasher has been conditionally discharged after he admitted to...

Court & Police

Bail revoked for quarry worker charged with importation and possession of 15kg cocaine

A court revoked the bail granted to a 23-year-old Gozitan man charged with...

Court & Police

Life is far from a beach for Birzebbugia concession owner

The owner of a licensed Birzebbugia beach concession has filed court...

National

Labour MP accused of plagiarising fuel pump planning documents

Charles Buhagiar denies allegations he lifted entire planning statement from...

National

€800,000 in renovation works at Zebbug Primary School

Once-disused secondary school expected to admit first intake of students in...

Court & Police

Man, 23, caught importing 15kg of cocaine released from custody, AG to appeal

Charged with importing 15 kilograms of cocaine, Joseph Rodney Grima was granted...

Court & Police

Road rage aggressor had threatened to shoot man in 2008

The man charged with attacking and slightly injuring a motorist in a road rage...

Environment

Environment Ombudsman decries 'toothless' ERA in letter to Minister

Environment Commissioner, architect David Pace, has called for the granting...

Court & Police

Eritrean man jailed and fined for trafficking cannabis resin

As with all drug trafficking convictions, all of the accused's assets...

Court & Police

Two deny grievously injuring their fighting flatmates

Djibril Ganiou from Togo and Caroline Magri from Malta were charged with...

Court & Police

Prison warders, convicted in 2013 of battering inmate, return to work

Four ex-prison warders who had been jailed in 2013 for the savage beating of...

National

Maltese volunteers head out to help earthquake-stricken Umbria

SOS Malta sending 5 volunteers and 2 search and rescue dogs to...

Court & Police

Homeless woman is jailed over three attempted burglaries, theft from car

Donatella Armeni , 36, had appeared before magistrate Caroline Farrugia Frendo...