Ex-husband’s DNA found on slain lawyer

As the Magistrate's Court continues hearing more evidence from investigators who probed the murder of lawyer Margaret Mifsud last May, Police Inspector Keith Arnaud revealed that DNA from accused Nizar El-Gadi was elevated from scrapings taken from under the victim's fingernails.

According to Inspector Arnaud, the evidence indicates that Mifsud struggled with her aggressor.

Margaret Mifsud was found dead in her car in Bahar ic-Caghaq on April 19, after failing to return home from a farewell dinner for a colleague in Xemxija.

Previous evidence put the accused just metres away from where Mifsud - a mother of two young children - was dining in Xemxija, and later in Bugibba where she dropped of a friend.

Further DNA belonging to the accused was found on tissue paper found on the car's back seat, which also had the victim's lipstic and blood.

Magistrate Saviour Demicoli is presidening the case, while lawyers Emanuel Mallia and Arthur Azzopardi are appearing 'parte civile' for the Mifsud family. Martin Testaferrata Moroni Viani is appearing for the accused.