Judge Consuelo Scerri Herrera recuses herself from Vince Muscat HSBC case
Judge recuses herself on request of HSBC heist suspect Vince Muscat over claim he can link Labour minister to 2010 robbery
7 April 2021, 11:33am
by Matthew Agius
Scerri Herrera’s brother, Jose Herrera, is a Labour minister.
Muscat, known as il-Koħħu, allegedly told police investigators that he can link two high-profile Labour politicians to the botched 2010 robbery in a second request for a presidential pardon.
In his application requesting the judge’s recusal, Muscat had stated that the judge’s brother was not one of the two politicians linked to the crime but added that he had a close relationship with them, by virtue of his work.