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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

12 years in jail for bag-snatch theft that caused woman's death

A drug addict has been jailed for 12 years for his part in two...

Court & Police

Man charged with vending machine theft

An unemployed man has been remanded in custody after he pleaded not guilty...

Court & Police

Company director jailed for 10 months over accident that left teen wheelchair-bound

Vlada Kravchenko was just 17 when high winds caused a lighting scaffold to fall...

Court & Police

Palumbo directors charged over death of diver

Six directors of Palumbo Malta Shipyard Ltd have been charged for involuntary...

Court & Police

Doomed marriage, contracted for all the wrong reasons, declared null

The Family Court was told how the husband had married the plaintiff as he...

Court & Police

New prison inmate's fingerprints link him to 2013 break-in, court told

The police finally caught the burglar after his fingerprints turned up in a...

Court & Police

Reformed criminal has jail sentence for assaulting police reduced to probation on appeal

The assault took place in 2009 and the court heard how the man has tried to...

Court & Police

Vintage truck's restorer ordered to give up prized possession

Carmel Xuereb had come into possession of the truck in 2008 when the owners of...

Court & Police

Converting cocaine into crack cocaine is not trafficking, rules court

Court disagrees with the assertion that converting cocaine into crack cocaine...

Court & Police

Two men fined €3,000 each for Facebook hate speech

Facebook users found guilty of inciting racial hatred online

Court & Police

Ta’ Giorni murder | Mother’s throat ‘slit from ear to ear’, witness tells court

A police inspector has told a court that murdered mother of eight,...

Court & Police

Mangion Walker murder | Court authorises examination of electronic devices

At the prosecution's request, the court appointed a technical expert to...

Court & Police

Minister's daughter claims HSBC discrimination cost her promotion

George Vella's daughter has filed court proceedings against HSBC,...

Court & Police

Man charged with drug dealing in Paceville

The defence entered a plea of not guilty, but the court did not grant bail,...

Court & Police

Suspected arsonist jailed for not turning up for his own trial

A man accused of arson has been jailed for 60 days after he failed to turn up...

Court & Police

Shepherd Ganni Attard’s woes are his own fault, says Constitutional Court

The Court of Appeal rules that Ganni Attard 'was in a situation of his own...

Court & Police

Updated | Man charged after discovery of 30kg of shisha tobacco in sealed washing powder boxes

Mohammed Ali Al Musrati was charged in connection with...

Tech & Gaming

32 IT students work all night in 45 hour, non-stop Game Jam competition

The “Game Jam,” organised by MITA, the Department of...

Court & Police

Birzebbugia man grievously injured in gardening accident

Officers at the scene found a 54 year old man suffering from what were later...

National

National policy strives 'to improve' parent-child relationships

Minister for Family and Social Solidarity says the need for strengthening...