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WEDNESDAY • 20 JULY 2022 • ISSUE 803 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY
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10,338 vessel trips
between Malta and
Gozo from April to
June
PN decries minimal
effort in addressing
EU directive
First turtle nesting
site of the season
found in Ramla
l-Hamra
Degiorgio cancellation
request on tapping
warrant finds no favour
Work-Life Balance
MATTHEW AGIUS
THE Constitutional Court has reject-
ed George Degiorgio's request for the
cancellation of a decree in which it had
ordered the Head of Malta's Security
Service to exhibit a copy of the warrant
authorising phone taps targeting him.
George Degiorgio, together with his
brother Alfred, are currently awaiting
trial, having been indicted for carrying
out the 2017 murder of journalist Daph-
ne Caruana Galizia.
Degiorgio has since admitted to the kill-
ing in an interview with Reuters, but is
still in the process of negotiating a plea
deal with the Attorney General.
His statement to the international press
has no bearing on criminal proceedings
as the admission was not made in court.
The constitutional case decided yester-
day stems from a decision handed down
last year in another constitutional court,
awarding the now self-confessed hitman
€10,000 for a breach to his right to pri-
vacy and family life, after it emerged the
phone taps were made on the strength
of an expired warrant issued in February
2017.
George Degiorgio in a police van following a court hearing (Photo: James Bianchi/MaltaToday)
