Magistrate abstains from hearing 2018 Gozo murder case timesofmalta.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from timesofmalta.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A 42-year-old man was arraigned before the Gozo courts on Wednesday, accused of the murder of an Egyptian man who was shot twice in January 2018.
Aleksandr Stojanovic, a Serbian national who lives in Safi, pleaded not guilty to having murdered father-of-two Walid Salah Abdel Motaleb Mohammed, who was found dead in a remote field in Għarb, Gozo, on January 22, 2018.
The police said investigators had established that the accused was with the victim just hours before.
The victim was found lying on the ground with two shotgun wounds, one on the left side of the neck and the other in the centre of his chest.
Man to be charged with 2018 Gozo murder timesofmalta.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from timesofmalta.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The police believe a man they arrested over a murder committed in Gozo in January 2018 was commissioned to carry out the crime.
Sources said developments in re