Court to rule on request for gold seized in Sliema double murder
The family of the victims asked for the gold items seized as evidence to be released to them
11 May 2021, 4:12pm
by Matthew Agius
A court will decide the fate of several gold items seized as evidence in a double murder in Sliema last year.
The third suspect in the murder of Christian Pandolfino and Ivor Maciejowski, 30 year-old Jesper Kristiansen was back in the dock as the compilation of evidence in the murder case against him continued this morning.
The two victims were shot dead at their home in Locker Street, Sliema on 18 August last year, in what is thought to be a botched burglary.
Thumbprint links accused to Sliema double murder, court told
Jesper Kristiansen s thumbprint was found on the getaway vehicle in the murder of Christian Pandolfino and Ivor Maciejowski
30 April 2021, 2:25pm
by Matthew Agius
Jesper Kristiansen’s thumbprint was found on the Volkswagen Tiguan used as a getaway vehicle in the murder of Christian Pandolfino and Ivor Maciejowski, a court has been told.
The two victims were shot dead at their home in Locker Street, Sliema on 18 August 2020, in what is believed to be a botched burglary.
This would appear to be the first physical forensic link between Kristiansen and the cold-blooded murder.
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A man facing criminal charges over his alleged involvement in a massive €333,000 jewellery heist has been released from custody after a court ruled that the maximum time he could spend in preventive arrest had expired.
Judge Edwina Grima ruled that the accused, Albanian national Begtash Muka, 29, has been in prison for 22 months pending the criminal proceedings over the daring armed robbery at Tignè shopping mall outlet Diamonds International on October 5, 2017.
Muka stands charged with the violent robbery he had allegedly committed with his brother, Daniel Muka, who is also in prison pending separate proceedings in connection with the double murder of Chris Pandolfino and Ivor Maciejowski at their Sliema home in Locker Street on Tuesday 18 August.