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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

Fra Diegu home abuse case - child's 'letter of apology' was faked

The compilation of evidence against a care worker charged with...

Court & Police

Police inspector loses libel case over 'wrongful arrest' report

Court argues that, as a police officer, Inspector Taliana was subject to wider...

Court & Police

Constitutional Court says judge need not recuse himself on clerical abuse case

Constitutional case filed by 11 victims of clerical sex abuse, after Judge...

Court & Police

Entrapment defence cannot exonerate accused, judge says in trafficking trial

Jury can be told that police were in on drug smuggler’s operation, judge...

Court & Police

Farmers recognised man who held them at knifepoint ‘from his big brown eyes’

Farming couple insist Maximilian Ciantar held them up at knifepoint

Court & Police

Woman's rolling-pin attacker held in custody

Officers found the accused beating a woman with a rolling pin and that the...

Court & Police

Man denies trafficking charges after police raid finds drugs at residence

27-year-old man arrested after police discover 150 grams of cannabis resin in...

Business News

Libyan man involved in drug sting ‘not allowed to make sworn statement’

Harrison revealed how a third man involved in the controlled delivery, Libyan...

Court & Police

Court hears how spurned lover broke down woman's door

Mentally ill man placed on probation after court hears how he kicked down a...

Court & Police

Restaurant owner cleared of €45,000 electricity theft as charges filed three years too late

Restauranteur acquitted of stealing €45,600 worth of electricity after...

Court & Police

Careworker accused of misusing elderly resident's chequebook

It is understood that the police investigation had started when the victim...

Court & Police

Trial by jury | Defence accuses police of carrying out illegal sting

Former barman Godfrey Gambin had been arrested in July 2010 together with...

Court & Police

New licence fee on billboards ‘attempt to muzzle opposition’, MP tells court

Acting as the PN’s lawyer, shadow justice minister Jason Azzopardi...

Court & Police

Updated | Recruitment agency ‘ordered to shred contracts’ signed by Filipino employees at Mr Clean

Father and his three children released from custody against a personal...

Court & Police

Handbag theft conviction overturned on appeal

Court of Appeal rules that Court of Magistrates had overlooked important facts...

Court & Police

Woman given suspended sentence, €800 fine for drunk attack on police in Zejtun

Ritianne Cutajar, 35, from Marsascala was arrested yesterday after...

Court & Police

Suspended sentence for man who bludgeoned kitten to death

Court orders man, 59, who says he killed five week-old kitten with a wooden...

Court & Police

Fishing vessel’s detention ‘not a breach of human rights’ says court

Itallian captain’s arrest on suspicion of irregularities in his sailing...

Court & Police

Romanians jailed over pickpocketing spree

Most of the items stolen – 17 mobile phones and a tablet computer –...

Court & Police

Four punished after admitting to participation in mass insurance fraud

Punishments meted out range from probation to nearly two years imprisonment.