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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

Lawyers rendered 'paranoid' by changing sentences

Lawyer Veronique Dalli made the complaint, saying that lawyers were facing a...

Court & Police

Attempted murder trial: Husband had suspected infidelity

Carmel Cutajar, 51, is accused of the attempted murder of his estranged wife in...

Court & Police

Attorney General ordered to pay €5,000 damages for 20-year long case

A staggering 78 sittings had been held over the course of 20-years, with many...

Court & Police

Egyptian man jailed for threatening to disfigure woman with acid

Walid Salah Abdel Motaleb Mohammed, 40, sentenced to year in jail after he...

Court & Police

Bus driver has licence suspended and fined for running over pedestrian

Carmel Cassar banned from driving for a year and fined €3,000 after...

Court & Police

Trial of man accused of 2012 attempted murder begins

Former police constable Carmel Cutajar turned himself in to the police...

Court & Police

Phone data proves to be burglar's downfall

Johan Pace was jailed for three years after being found guilty of theft...

National

Critics punch holes in Bonnici’s justice reform bill

The new system, proposed in the aftermath of the sharp criticism of the...

Court & Police

Four charged in drug trafficking, theft and usury case

Three men, aged between 21 and 31, faced charges after stealing what turned out...

Court & Police

Former minister loses ‘nepotism’ libel suit against Joseph Muscat

Dolores Cristina loses libel suit in which Muscat complained about...

Court & Police

Tunisian handbag thief jailed for five years

Mahdi Ouerfelli, 25, had been found to be carrying a taser gun at the time of...

Court & Police

Prime minister loses 'wage freeze' billboard libel case

Court holds that the PN's assertion that Muscat planned to freeze the...

Court & Police

Updated | Attorney General condemns Gaffarena's request for inquiry into his office

The Gaffarenas' request for an investigation into the Attorney General was...

Court & Police

64-year-old cleared of defiling 13-year-old family member

The alleged victim testified in the proceedings however the court noted...

Court & Police

Painter-decorator admits to throwing paint at neighbour's door in dispute over reed curtain

A 48 year old painter-decorator has been ordered to perform community service...

Court & Police

Iranian flees to Malta to avoid jail for brother's crime

An asylum seeker who was born in Abadan in Iran, arrived in Malta on Wednesday...

Court & Police

Bouncers, club manager charged with Paceville beating

28-year-old Miroslav Sasic, 24-year-old Nicolae Dobra and club...

Court & Police

Hotelier claims breach of fair hearing over lotto booth dispute

Lawyers for hotelier Angelo Xuereb say that the levels of proof required...

Court & Police

Libyan accused of Paceville rape 'had love bite on his neck', court told

A forensic pathologist testifying during the case said there were no signs of...

Court & Police

Libyan accused of smashing car window with a brick during attempted theft

Abdulhamid Saied, 35, from Tripoli, pleaded not guilty to charges...