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The father of a teenager found dead at the foot of Dingli Cliffs five years ago has asked the German courts to order the Maltese authorities to reopen investigations into the mysterious death that resulted in his son being returned home with most organs missing.
Mike Mansholt’s body had been found at the bottom of a cliff on July 26, 2016. The Maltese magisterial inquiry into the incident had concluded that Mike, 17, died of natural causes and the police consider the case closed, a police spokesperson confirmed.
However, his father is contesting the conclusions and is determined to understand what led to Mike’s death. This week, the family kickstarted the process to obtain a European Investigation Order whereby German prosecutors have asked the German courts to order the Maltese courts to continue investigating the case.
Former Progress Press chairman Vince Buhagiar could not explain hundreds of thousands of euro he received from Keith Schembri, telling investigators that those were payments for consultancy services forming part of a “gentlemen’s agreement.”
Buhagiar, who is pleading not guilty to money laundering offences, received amounts over US$134,000, US$105,000 and €50,000 from a Gibraltar-based company, Malmos Ltd, owned by Schembri.
Details were disclosed on Tuesday by Inspector Ian Camilleri from the anti money laundering squad at the Financial Crimes Investigation Department when testifying in the ongoing compilation of evidence against Buhagiar.
Buhagiar, who was granted bail upon being arraigned last month, sat in court as the witness divulged further details about an email traced by police from Schembri to a ‘VB’ concerning a transfer of US$35,000.
A restaurateur has been cleared of stealing some €7,000 worth of food from an importer and wholesaler after a court ruled that the prosecution had failed to prove the essential elements of the criminal case.
57-year-old George Lanzon from Mosta, who runs three restaurants, had been charged with the theft after a police report was filed in 2015 by Valhmor Borg Import Export Ltd claiming that its stock, particularly that at Miracle Foods, was dwindling.
The company told the police it suspected that Lanzon, who had been their client for a good 25 years, had been in cahoots with an employee to steal food products.
Man cleared of stealing €7,000 of products from food importer
A 57-year-old man was found not guilty of stealing €7,000 worth of food products and handling stolen goods as part of an inside job on a food importer
21 April 2021, 3:49pm
by Matthew Agius
57-year-old George Lanzon from Mosta has been found not guilty of stealing €7,000 worth of food products and handling stolen goods as part of an inside job on a food importer.
Lanzon had been arrested in 2015 after Valhmor Borg Import Export Ltd filed a police report, suspecting employees and clients had been collaborating to steal products from them. This after discrepancies in the stock and CCTV footage were examined.