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2 maltatoday | SUNDAY • 30 SEPTEMBER 2018 NEWS PLANNING AUTHORITY The Director, Corporate Services of the Planning Authority notifies that: Offers for this tender are to be submitted online ONLY at www.etenders.gov.mt by not later than of Friday, 19 th October, 2018. Information regarding this tender can be obtained online from: www.etenders.gov.mt under 'Latest CfTs' TENDER SPATIALTRAIN SCHOLARSHIPS SCHEME (ESF.04.071) MTIP/PA/002/2018 - Service Tender for an accredited Institute to offer courses using energy efficient equipment in the field of Geomatics at MQF Levels 4 and 5 – Re-Issue Operational Programme II European Structural and Investment Funds 2014-2020 "Investing in human capital to create more opportunities and promote the well-being of society" Co-Financing rate: 80% European Union, 20% National funds MATTHEW AGIUS A court expert has told a court in the Paqpaqli case that mil- lionaire Paul Bailey's Porsche supercar did not stray onto the grass before it lost control and crashed into spectators. This is expected to be seized upon by the man's defence counsel as the evidence phase of the case draws to a close. Bailey and the 13-member core organising committee for the charity Paqpaqli ghall-Istri- na 2015 – Tonio Darmanin, To- nio Cini, Agostino Degiorgio, Jonathan Tonna, Kevin Perry, Melvin Haber, Ian Keith Cilia Pisani, Jonathan Bruno, Julian Mannara, Christopher Sultana, David Bugeja and Brian Gatt – are accused of involuntarily causing grievous bodily harm, as well as damage to various motor vehicles, through impru- dence, carelessness and non- observance of regulations. The defendants are arguing that the blame for the incident lies with the event organisers, for ignoring safety concerns and letting the public stand at dan- gerous areas of the track behind crash barriers which were not fit for purpose. The event organisers, includ- ing the Malta Community Chest Fund insist that the acci- dent was Bailey's fault. On Friday, Magistrate Aaron Bugeja heard witnesses recount how Bailey had got out of the crashed vehicle and said he was sorry as he surveyed the scene of devastation his out-of-con- trol car had caused. Court-appointed expert Mar- tin Bajada testified about his role in coordinating the tasks of vari- ous experts appointed by the in- quiring magistrate after the acci- dent. A team of German experts from Porsche were appointed by the magistrate to assist the court experts in the various tests carried out on the damaged ve- hicle. Their knowledge was in- dispensable in downloading data from the car which had gone into crash mode and needed to be re-started, Bajada explained. Even the removal of a rear wheel took some three hours since it required a specific procedure. Court expert Quentin Tanti, appointed to establish the dy- namics of the accident and what could have led to it, said the car did not clip the grass before the loss of control started, though it was on the very edge of the tar- mac and the grass. The compilation continues in October. Police inspectors Jos- ric Mifsud, Silvio Magro and Hubert Cini are prosecuting. Lawyers Giannella DeMarco and Stephen Tonna Lowell are counsel to Paul Bailey. Lawyer Joe Giglio is counsel to Tonio Darmanin. Lawyer Stefano Fil- letti is counsel to Brian Gatt and Julian Manara. Lawyer Arthur Azzopardi is defence counsel for Ian Cilia Pisani, Kevin Perry and Chris Sultana. Other mem- bers of the Paqpaqli team are being assisted by Dr Michael Sciriha, Dr Raphael Fenech Ad- ami and Dr Albert Zerafa. Law- yers Roberto Montalto, Michael Grech, Alessia Zammit McK- eon, Franco Debono, Amadeus Cachia, Reuben Farrugia and Shazoo Ghaznavi are among the other parte civile lawyers. Paqpapli supercar 'not in contact with grass' before losing control Raphael Vassallo 'You can't renegotiate EU membership'. Oh wait, maybe you can… PAGES 28 & 29