Ta’ Maksar brother Adrian Agius is seeking bail, with his lawyer arguing that all civilian witnesses in the case against him have testified and that there exist no reason for his client to continue to be held in police custody.
Agius stands accused of commissioning the 2015 murder of lawyer Carmel Chircop, which prosecutors say was carried out by Agius’ associates Jamie Vella, George Degiorgio and Vince Muscat.
Appearing in court on Monday morning, Agius’ lawyer Alfred Abela argued that arguments against granting Agius bail were now non-existent.
Abela noted that the prosecution had advanced the case briskly and that all civilian witnesses had now testified. His client had cooperated throughout, from the moment he was arrested, he noted, arguing that the prosecution had to prove that its concerns were well-founded rather than just state them.
The case against Ta’ Maksar brothers Adrian and Robert Agius and two of their associates refocuses on their alleged role in the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia when the case resumes on Wednesday morning.
Prosecutors will summon witnesses to that 2017 murder, one day after a court heard from an eyewitness in the 2015 murder of lawyer Carmel Chircop.
The two Agius brothers, Jamie Vella and George Degiorgio face charges related to both those murders.
Robert Agius and Vella stand accused of supplying the bomb used to blow up Caruana Galizia. Degiorgio is being charged in separate proceedings with having committed that murder together with two others.
The compilation of evidence against four men facing charges of involvement in two murders, including that of Daphne Caruana Galizia, continues on Tuesday.
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âA wake-up callâ: Disgruntled couples waiting years to get wedding photos
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Dozens of couples are fighting to get their wedding prints from one of Australiaâs top wedding photographers, with problems dating back at least five years.
Ryan Schembri, who won Australian Photographer of the Year in 2012 and was also a state winner in both NSW and Queensland, has left a string of disgruntled customers and business associates across three states.
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