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 means that proceedings will now continue before Magistrate Joseph Mifsud in respect of the two architects and it is only when those proceedings have run their course, including at appeal stage, that a bill of indictment may be issued in respect of the other two accused.