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2 maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 15 OCTOBER 2025 NEWS A collective of 194 artists including painters, ceramicists, bronzists, sculptors, photographers and others. The Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes, and of Malta Maltese Association _______________________ 24th October to 14th November 2025 St John's Cavalier Monday to Saturday 10.00am to 6.00 pm Sundays 10.00 am to 1.00 pm Order of Malta National Art Exhibition "Citadel fantasy" Ink Feltpen, Oil Pastel and Watercolour 41 x 58 cm Richard England CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 A campaign to help identi- fy and arrest the accused had been launched by animal ac- tivists, who had even collected over €5,000 as a reward for in- formation on Satoshi. Upon stopping the man, who is a Japanese national, police conducted a search and found a pair of latex gloves, similar to those allegedly used in the cat killings, as well as packets of cat food and treats in his pock- et. Further searches revealed that he was in possession of clothes that match those worn by the killer when he was seen slamming a cat on the ground in Sliema, in an incident cap- tured on CCTV footage. The court heard that Satoshi resisted arrest and slightly injured two police officers right before they searched his home. Duty magistrate Nadine Sant Lia found the accused guilty by his own admission and jailed him for two years and imposed a fine of €15,000 to be paid within a period of two years. A three-year treatment order was also issued and the man was also banned from keeping animals for 40 years. MaltaTo- day is informed Satoshi is able to appeal the decision against him. Inspector Eliot Magri pros- ecuted. Defence lawyers Adreana Zammit and Marion Camilleri represented the ac- cused. Magistrate Nadine Sant Lia presided over the case. Cat killer banned from keeping animals for 40 years CONTINUES FROM PAGE 1 Police described Schem- bri as the "brains" behind the unprovoked assault of Louis Spiteri, the father of Schembri's ex-wife. Two Albanian nation- als and Sliema residents, 23-year-olds Xhovano Ndoci Doji and Agostin Marku, were separately jailed for 42 months in 2023. The two men had admitted their role in the attack. Both testified in court that Schembri had com- missioned them and promised payment for carrying out the assault. Schembri is also facing separate criminal pro- ceedings for involuntary homicide, related to his role as one of the devel- opers behind the Cor- radino Industrial Estate construction collapse, which claimed the life of 20-year-old Jean Paul So- fia. Magistrate Victor Axiak presided over the case. Lawyers Matthew Xuereb and Alex Scerri Herrera were parte civile. Matthew Schembri sentenced for ordering assault carried out by two men