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Valletta mayor Alfred Zammit said on Wednesday that he was forgiving a man who allegedly set fire to his car last September and whom he knew as a child. Zammit was testifying in proceedings against Brentley Pace, a 21-year old storekeeper, who is pleading not guilty to four arson attacks in Valletta, over a five-month span, the last case targeting the mayor’s BMW 520d. “I knew Brentley as a child. I know his parents and grandparents. I know he has a good family background. I remember him on the streets of Valletta. I know him well,” said Zammit. Recalling that evening of September 24, Z...

Valletta arsonist drove scooter as he set cars on fire Court hears how man riding electric scooter, wearing a hoodie and a backpack carried out a string of arson attacks in Valletta 16 December 2020, 5:57pm by Matthew Agius A court has heard how a man on an electric scooter, wearing a hoodie and a backpack, was thought to be behind a string of arson attacks in Valletta, one of which had targeted the mayor’s car. The first sitting of the compilation of evidence against Brentley Pace, 21, took place on Tuesday. Pace is pleading not guilty to four arson attacks in the capital.

A man suspected to have set several cars on fire in Valletta drove up to his targets on an electric scooter and hurled incendiary 'Molotov cocktails' at them, a court heard on Wednesday. Details emerged during the first hearing of the compilation of evidence against Brentley Pace, a 21-year old storekeeper who is pleading not guilty to four arson attacks in the capital, the last of which had targeted the mayor’s BMW. Prosecuting Inspector Saviour Baldacchino gave a step-by-step account of how investigators pieced together evidence since the first attack targeting the door of a store in St P...