Birkirkara stabbing: Suspended sentence sparks debate over village pride and knife crime in Malta
Valletta’s courts handed down a two-year suspended sentence on Tuesday to a 34-year-old Birkirkara man who admitted to stabbing a fellow villager during a late-night argument outside a kazin, lightly injuring him and reigniting debate about how Malta’s tight-knit communities handle simmering feuds. Magistrate Rachel Montebello heard how the accused, construction worker Darren Spiteri, produced…