FCID sat on offer of information about social benefits fraud for months
Financial Crimes Investigation Department (FCID) left a would-be whistleblower’s offer of information about the €10 million benefits-for-votes fraud racket hanging for...
Construction firm ordered to pay €1.1m damages to family of French teenager killed in Malta holiday villa
A Maltese court has awarded the family of a teenage French tourist killed by wall collapse while on holiday in Malta €1.1 million in damages that have to be paid by the...
Mile End bomb suspect to be examined by psychiatrists ahead of possible insanity plea

A panel of psychiatrists were ordered to establish whether the accused was legally insane when he allegedly committed the crimes he is charged with.

A panel of psychiatrists were ordered to establish...

Magistrate shuts down recusal request in case against Chris Fearne, Edward Scicluna and others

15 defendants were originally summoned to be charged in court on 29 May, but at 8pm, some 11 hours into the arraignment, the proceedings were declared null

15 defendants were originally summoned to be charged in...

Motorcycle driver in serious condition after colliding with a car

Preliminary studies show that the motorcycle and the vehicle were being driven...

Preliminary studies show that the motorcycle and the...

Criminal charges filed in Gozo over match fixing case

Police file charges related to bribery and corruption in sporting events, while...

Police file charges related to bribery and corruption in...

Two men reported injured in separate road accidents

Police say they are investigating the collisions in Marsaskala and Santa...

Police say they are investigating the collisions in...

British golfer Chloe Frankish denied bail over drunken fracas at Malta airport

Pro UK golfer Chloe Frankish and Jihn Chinedu Uche denied boarding on Easyjet as they were drunk and disorderly

Pro UK golfer Chloe Frankish and Jihn Chinedu Uche denied...

Magistrate orders return of convicted Sicilian mafioso, lawyers mulling human rights case

Court orders return of 32-year-old Gianluca Caruso to Sicily, in order to serve a prison sentence following his conviction on charges related to organised...

Court orders return of 32-year-old Gianluca Caruso to...

Marsaskala man used barber's shop for drug deal, court told

The court was told that the accused's mobile phone, “opened a...

The court was told that the accused's mobile...

Updated |GWU declares industrial dispute with Court Services Agency

General Workers Union says the dispute had been filed because the Agency was...

General Workers Union says the dispute had been filed...

89-year-old seriously injured in traffic accident in Naxxar square

89-year-old run over by car at 6:15am on Pjazza Vitorja, in Naxxar

89-year-old run over by car at 6:15am on Pjazza...

Balzan shop held up at knifepoint in early morning robbery

No injuries in 6am robbery of Balzan shop where thief makes away with cash...

No injuries in 6am robbery of Balzan shop where thief makes...

Vitals corruption case: Police did not see 78 boxes of evidence before filing charges

Police in the Vitals corruption case involving Joseph Muscat and associates hammered by defence over failure to investigate, question suspects • Court...

Police in the Vitals corruption case involving Joseph...

Boy, 8, suffers serious injuries in in St Paul’s Bay traffic accident

Eight-year-old of Bosnian nationality suffers serious injuries after being involved in a traffic accident on Triq it-Tamar, in St Paul’s Bay

Eight-year-old of Bosnian nationality...

No bail for motorist accused of pointing fake gun at bus driver

The accused was arraigned under arrest and charged with causing a bus...

The accused was arraigned under arrest and charged...

Married couple accused of drug trafficking denied bail after police observe balcony heroin delivery

A tip off about possible drug trafficking had led to weeks of police surveillance on the couple’s address in Ħamrun, as officers had seen a car...

A tip off about possible drug trafficking had led to weeks...

Elderly driver admits guilt in 2022 traffic fatality case

The court found the defendant guilty on all charges, and sentenced him to...

The court found the defendant guilty on all charges, and...

[WATCH] Masked man attempts violent break-in at Valletta family home

CCTV footage shows man alighting from motorbike with helmet on, using a crowbar...

CCTV footage shows man alighting from motorbike with helmet...

€69,500 damages for MRSA infection confirmed on appeal, 17 years later

Patient who had suffered the infection, Carmela Bouharis, did not live to see her court victory, having passed away while the proceedings were still ongoing

Patient who had suffered the infection, Carmela Bouharis,...