Today, at around 1200hrs, the Malta Police Force will be taking a man to court over the altercation that reportedly took place in Paceville on New Year’s Eve.
A 21 Albanian man was arrested yesterday at the Malta International Airport after he was allegedly connected to a fight which took place in Paceville.
The arrested man will be arraigned in court with the reported breaking of civil order, the use of an unregistered weapon and causing grievous injuries to another person.
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Noel Azzopardi has pleaded not guilty to the New Year’s Day murder of Eric Borg after voluntarily surrendering to Rabat police.
Azzopardi, a 39-year-old unemployed individual accused of wilful homicide, using a firearm for a crime, firing a gun near an urban area, and neglecting secure storage of his gun and ammunition, entered his plea during an arraignment before Magistrate Monica Vella.
His lawyers acknowledged Azzopardi’s psychiatric history, expressing no contest to the arrest’s validity and requesting access to his medical records, particularly those from Mount Carmel Hospital.
During the arraignment, Azzopardi, standing throughout, required simplified and repeated questions. He turned himself in as authorities initiated a manhunt for Borg, found dead with gunshot wounds in Rabat.
Inspector Wayne Camilleri stated that police received a report of shots fired on January 1 at around 3:30 pm, discovering Borg deceased on Triq il-Fidloqqom.
Azzopardi, identified as a key person of interest, surrendered to Rabat police with relatives around 5:15 pm, confessing to the crime.
The prosecution did not disclose a motive, and Azzopardi’s lawyers, including Arthur Azzopardi, Jacob Magri, and Alex Miruzzi, did not request bail.
They released Mount Carmel Hospital staff from professional secrecy, allowing discussions on Azzopardi’s placement at Corradino prison or Attard hospital. Inspectors Wayne Camilleri and Godwin Scerri, alongside Attorney General lawyer Kaylie Bonett, prosecuted the case.
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Photo Source: Times of Malta (Matthew Mirabelli)
Taking to social media, marine biologist Alan Deidun shared a video sent to him by Prof. Godfrey Baldacchino showing 2024’s annual mass spawning of mauve stinger jellyfish.
The Pelagia noctiluca spawning seems to have occurred due to the relatively warm and calm January weather.
The next generation of jellyfish will be visible, Deidun explained, in circa 3 months, ‘unless the water temperature cools down below the norm’.
The stingers have been spotted in Marsascala, the general south coast and even Hondoq ir-Rummien in the past few days.
Anyone who spots such sights is encouraged to share their footage through ocean.mt/jellyfish for the Spot the Jellyfish Citizen Science Campaign.
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A video sent to this newsroom shows what seems to be a pair of donkeys walking unaccompanied in the streets of Nadur, Gozo.
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The footage, filmed by a person in a vehicle which slowed down at the sight of the animals, shows the two donkeys casually strolling at night in the Gozitan town.
It is unclear to whom the donkeys belonged to and whether they were retrieved following the video being filmed.
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