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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

Third magistrate begins hearing Leisure Clothing case

The criminal case against Han Bin and Jia Liu has been plagued by delays.

Court & Police

Maltese-Australian man extradited to Malta to face court after three years on the run

28-year-old Jason John Neagoe, who holds dual Maltese-Australian nationality,...

$Syrian family and Maltese landlord arraigned over Tarxien fracas$

Court & Police

Syrian family and Maltese landlord arraigned over Tarxien fracas

A police sergeant was slightly injured and a constable had his glasses broken...

Court & Police

Updated | Court orders Pole to be extradited over teacher's grisly murder

Before consenting to his extradition, Kajetan Poznanski, 27, was handed a...

Court & Police

Magistrate denies rape victim option to testify via video-conference

Compilation of evidence against 26-year-old man accused of assault and rape of...

Court & Police

Court hears conflicting versions of Swieqi stabbing incident

The compilation of evidence in the cases resulting from a stabbing incident in...

Court & Police

Criminal court confirms bail for man accused of assaulting police inspector

Court turns down AG's request to revoke bail granted to a driver who was...

Court & Police

Company awarded €2.6 million compensation for 1973 land grab

Land Arbitration Board orders Commissioner for Lands to pay company over...

Court & Police

Paceville brawler alleges police brutality

20-year-old charged with assault, resisting arrest and injuring another man...

Court & Police

Court orders psychiatric treatment following botched theft attempt

The man, who is not being named on account of his psychiatric problems,...

Court & Police

Man accused of holding girlfriend prisoner in her own home

Jamal Osman Humed, 25, from Eritrea, was charged with holding the Maltese woman...

Court & Police

Customs official accused of accepting sugary drink as bribe

Retired customs official was charged with having accepted bribes from...

Court & Police

Court berates Libyan for filing 'close to vexatious' proceedings

Tarek Mohammed Ibrahim had married a Maltese woman in 1998 but this marriage...

Court & Police

Court upholds Prime Minister's request for Gaffarena injuction

The request for an injuction was filed by Joseph Muscat, in his capacity as a...

National

Bonnici: Opposition must stop using justice as political football

Justice minister not ruling out any further appointments to the judiciary...

Court & Police

Lawyer demands retrial of 'dangerous' bus driver after witness admits to lying under oath

42 year-old Massimo Bonello had previously been cleared of negligent and...

Court & Police

Xghajra man charged after 35 cannabis plants found in field

35-year-old Manuel Abela was arrested after police discovered a number of what...

Court & Police

Tardiness and rash decision cost desperate traveller dearly

Luis Salas De Teodoro, who resides in Madrid and had been visiting his...

Court & Police

Driver in alleged wife-beating episode denies charges, claims police brutality

The man was stopped during a road check in Mdina last Saturday and was...

Court & Police

Mother used daughter in false allegations against estranged husband

The woman, who lives in Gozo and is fighting a contentious separation from her...