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The police had had seven reports of incidents involving the same contractor who was working on a site in Sta Venera last March when an adjoining house collapsed, killing resident Miriam Pace, a court heard on Thursday. Superintendent Robert Vella, handling investigations after the tragic episode, said the reports about Ludvic Dimech or LK Ltd, took place between October 2008 and December 2019. Days after the Hamrun tragedy, the contractor was involved in a road collapse at Pender Gardens, St Julians. Obviously [Dimech] is not the only contractor who had such incidents,” Vella pointed out, f...

Two of four men who are facing criminal charges over the Ħamrun house collapse that killed Miriam Pace have objected to their case being decided by a magistrate's court.  The accused are architects Roderick Camilleri, 37 and Anthony Mangion, 73, as well as 37-year old excavation contractor Ludwig Dimech and 42-year old construction worker Nicholas Spiteri. Dimech and Spiteri informed the court on Tuesday that they were formally objecting to having their case dealt with summarily,(before the magistrates’ court), opting instead to proceed to trial before the Criminal Court. The decision mea...

Two accused with involuntary manslaughter of Miriam Pace to stand trial The two men have chosen to immediately stand trial in front of a jury in the Criminal Court 9 February 2021, 4:13pm by Nicole Meilak Two men charged with the involuntary manslaughter of Miriam Pace (pictured above) have decided to stand trial in the Criminal Court in front of a jury Two of the four men charged with the involuntary homicide of Miriam Pace have chosen to immediately stand trial in front of a jury, and in turn will not be judged by the Court of Magistrates. Ludwig Dimech and Nicholas Spiteri informed the Co...

Magistrate dismisses police concerns, orders Gordon Debono to sign bail book in locality where he lives Lawyers for Gordon Debono and his wife Yvette have raised concerns over limited access to their bail book and their personal garage 8 February 2021, 11:31am by Nicole Meilak Gordon Debono, in red jacket, was arraigned last year after various police raids linked to an oil trading ring A magistrate dismissed police objections and ordered that oil trader Gordon Debono and wife Yvette have to sign the bail book at the Marsaskala station instead of Żabbar. The ruling came at the end of a sitt...

Updated 2.45pm with FAA's reaction Miriam Pace’s family have said they are “baffled” over the prime minister’s decision not to publish a report he had ordered in the wake of the building collapse that claimed her life last March. Robert Abela had appointed a four-person panel to review building laws and use it as a springboard to reform the construction industry. “The family is baffled and disappointed,” lawyer David Bonello said when asked for the Pace family’s reaction to Abela’s decision to keep the report under wraps. He declined further comment. On Tuesday, Abela told jou...