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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

Gozitan, 14, cleared of involuntary homicide after freak beach accident

James Xuereb died as a result of an incident at Xatt l-Ahmar, Gozo which...

Court & Police

Former editor loses libel suit over ‘wrong conclusion’ to corroborated story

Newspaper had reported that Chircop was due to be charged with filing a false...

Court & Police

Judge dimisses PL constitutional claim on human rights breach

Labour Party’s claim that its fundamental human rights were breached in a...

Court & Police

Former policeman, accused of HSBC heist, testifies after five-year wait

Lawyer David Gatt blasts prosecution's star witness, former police...

Court & Police

Haulier sues Transport Malta over refusal to renew licence due to outdated law

Joseph Galea's haulage business stopped after he was told that he lacked an...

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Burglar caught red-handed, pleads guilty

Woman was caught red-handed during a burglary, released on bail, pending...

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Couple awarded €24,400 in damages for 1988 stillbirth

The parents argued that the stillbirth of their second child was a direct...

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Indian businessman handed 13 month sentence for importing €106,200 in fake banknotes

Indian leather goods importer jailed for 13 months in connection with the...

Court & Police

Warden attacker has previous convictions for attacking police.

A man who was arrested for punching a female warden in Sliema yesterday, has...

Court & Police

Drunk Libyan threatened to slit his daughter's throat, court told

Man's wife called the police after her drunk husband said that he was going...

Court & Police

Prisoner fined for attacking prison warder, faces longer sentence

Joseph Bonnett, 38 was ordered to pay a €1,000 fine and had four months...

Court & Police

Murder jury | Key witness 'not credible' says defence

Defence lawyer says key witness was drunk during incident leading to death of...

Court & Police

Football supporters charged with injuring policeman

Two men released on bail following a brawl at the Sirens football pitch in...

Court & Police

Murder trial | 'I only wanted to scare them away' accused tells jury

'I asked them to leave...I went to their room, banging on the door with the...

Court & Police

Youths suspected of string of robberies granted bail

The three young men have been granted bail after spending nearly a month in...

Court & Police

Libyan cleared of smuggling drugs into prison in his mouth

The prison cell was searched on February 20, 2009, turning up a small block of...

Court & Police

Hamrun man cleared of defiling girl, 16, but guilty of sending explicit pictures

The court noted that while the images could be described as indecent, no images...

Court & Police

Libyan cleared of 2013 rape of English girl

Court holds that several factors created a reasonable doubt as to whether the...

Court & Police

Accused in Serbian’s murder 'suffered grievous injury' caused by blunt trauma, jurors told

Emil Atanasov, a Bulgarian, is on trial the murder of Krstic Dragoljub in...

Football

Footballer Seyble Zammit admits match-fixing but exempted from punishment

Zammit admitted to having been offered €5,000 for his assistance and that...