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NEWS 5 maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 5 JULY 2023 VACANCY We are looking to recruit a CLEANER with immediate effect. Your duties will be: •Vacuuming, sweeping, and mopping floors. •Dusting ceilings, light fittings, countertops, and loose furniture. •Washing and drying windows. •Reporting any breakages that occur during the cleaning process. We want you if you: •Have a good command of English. •Able to use a variety of cleaning products and equipment. •Able to stand for extended periods of time. •Excellent organizational skills. •Able to complete tasks on time with minimal supervision. Working with us will include: •A Full Time position. •Immediate employment. Email: md.commonparts@gmail.com Mobile: 79595508 MATTHEW AGIUS A judge has declared that a man accused of the 1988 murder of Baron Sant Cassia is unfit to stand trial, adjourning the case indefinitely. Early on Tuesday morning, the prosecution an- nounced that it would not be contesting medical opinions on his capacity to form criminal intent. In a decree handed down at around 11 am to- day, Madam Justice Consuelo Scerri Herrera ruled that Carmelo Camilleri was not in a posi- tion to answer to his bill of indictment, "owing to his precarious state of health." The trial was adjourned sine die, and can only be reappointed should Camilleri's health improve to the point where he could answer the charges against him. Camilleri, today 68 years old, is accused of shooting Baron Francis Sant Cassia dead at point-blank range on the grounds of his house, Castello Zammitello, in Mġarr in 1988. He was charged with the wilful homicide of the baron in 2006, accused of carrying out the mur- der on the instructions of a third party and later indicted. His lawyers are insisting that Camilleri could not have formed the required criminal intent to be found guilty, arguing that although he was 33 at the time of the murder, a psychiatrist ap- pointed by the court to assess him after his ar- rest found him to have an IQ of around 50, and a mental age of a 9-12 year-old. When the case against the now wheel- chair-bound Camilleri continued before Madam Justice Consuelo Scerri Herrera this morning, the prosecution was handed a copy of a court application filed by the defence on 30 June. The application argues that, in view of find- ings made by several psychiatrists, Camilleri was unable to communicate with his lawyers and therefore was not in a position to answer to the charges. Last month, prosecutor Kevin Valletta from the Attorney General's Office informed the court that the prosecution would not be contesting the opinions expressed by the psychiatrists. Valletta told the court today that he had no further sub- missions to make. The judge adjourned the sitting for a decision, which is expected to be handed down shortly. Lawyers Jason Azzopardi and Kris Busietta are defence counsel. Lawyers Stefano Filletti and Eve Borg Costanzi are assisting the Sant Cassia family. Sant Cassia murder: Judge rules accused unfit to stand trial Baron Francis Sant Cassia (inset) was murdered outside his residence, Castello Zammittello in Mġarr, in 1988 The man who shot Baron Sant Cassia dead in 1988 was previously certified by psychiatrists to have the mental faculties of a child During the first quarter of this year, the Property Price Index (PPI) stood at 148.89, a rise of 6.6% when compared to the corresponding quarter of 2022 MATTHEW VELLA THE property price index has risen by 6.6% in the first quarter of 2023, compared to the same quarter last year. The index now stands at 148.89, the price increase be- ing mainly driven by develop- ments in the Apartments Price Index (148.97), registering an annual increase of 6.8%. In the first quarter of 2022, the PPI registered a rise of 6.8 per cent when compared to the same quarter of the preceding year. The PPI shows the price changes of purchased residen- tial property. The PPI covers apartments, maisonettes and terraced houses only. How- ever, price changes in these property types are deemed to be indicative of developments in the property market in gen- eral. Apartments push property price index up by 6.6% in first quarter