‘I walked in like a zombie’: Sliema resident recalls walking into burgled home By Hot Malta Staff Sliema – The front door was ajar, the lock splintered like a cracked seashell. Inside, drawers hung open like broken jaws, cushions gutted, the air thick with the metallic scent of violation. “I walked in like a zombie,”…
**Chaos in Court: Seabank Brawl Case Erupts as Tensions Boil Over** A routine court hearing descended into chaos yesterday as three individuals were arrested following a dramatic courtroom outburst during proceedings related to the infamous Seabank Hotel brawl, with one defendant allegedly shouting “F*** justice” as tensions reached breaking point. The incident, which unfolded at…
**Valletta Drama: Statuette Attack Sparks Debate on Domestic Violence Against Men in Malta** A heated domestic dispute in Malta’s capital has taken an unexpected turn after a 34-year-old woman was arrested for allegedly hurling a ceramic statuette at her partner and vandalising two of his cars in a late-night rampage that has reignited conversations about…
Engine Oil Dumped Into Reservoir After Weeks Of Cleaning Work By Hot Malta Newsroom | 07:45, 10 June 2025 Wied il-Bużbież reservoir, the honey-coloured limestone basin that has collected winter rains for Attard, Mosta and Lija since the Knights, shimmered black on Monday morning. A slick of spent engine oil—thick enough to write your name…
Valletta – A 34-year-old Maltese national has been handed a six-month effective jail term after admitting he used a forged French passport to try to slip out of Malta undetected, reigniting debate on how far islanders will go to sidestep Schengen visa rules and reach the continent. Magistrate Natasha Sciberras heard how Kurt Micallef, unemployed…
**Cab driver who crashed into hair salon while drunk avoids prison time** A 42-year-old taxi driver who smashed his cab into a Sliema hair salon while more than twice the legal alcohol limit has walked free from court with a suspended sentence, reigniting debate about how Malta treats drunk-driving offences. Magistrate Rachel Montebello sentenced the…
A 28-year-old Birkirkara man was hauled before a magistrate yesterday after police linked him to a six-month spree of motorcycle thefts that has left riders from Valletta to Mellieħa checking their locks twice before bed. The suspect, whose name is under a court-issued publication ban, was arrested during a dawn raid on a Qormi garage…
Gozo woke up on Friday to the kind of headline the sister island rarely sees: two local men, aged 28 and 34, marched into Victoria’s police headquarters to be formally charged over a brazen supermarket hold-up that unfolded on Wednesday evening at the Arkadia FoodExpress on Triq ir-Repubblika. According to the arraignment, the pair—both from…
# Serial Break-In Suspect Nabbed After Two-Month Crime Spree Targeting Sleepy Sliema, Swieqi Homes A 30-year-old man from Żejtun has been charged with a staggering ten counts of aggravated theft and attempted burglary after police linked him to a spree of night-time break-ins that shattered the illusion of safety in Malta’s up-market coastal suburbs. The…
Second Arrest in Gozo Hold-Up: How One Bungled Ferry Escape Brought Relief to an Island on Edge By Hot Malta Correspondent Xewkija, Gozo – Just after the 7 a.m. Mġarr ferry queue began snaking toward the ticket booths on Wednesday, police pounced on a 34-year-old Rabat man who allegedly tried to board the Gozo Channel…
Gardener Denied Bail After Biting Ferry Captain’s Finger in Gozo Channel Showdown By Luke Briffa – Hot Malta The usually placid waters between Ċirkewwa and Mġarr turned rowdy on Tuesday evening when a 42-year-old gardener from Żebbuġ, Gozo, allegedly chomped down on the ferry captain’s finger during a quarrel so loud it was heard on…
Gardener Denied Bail After Biting Another Man’s Finger in Sliema Street Brawl A 42-year-old Ħamrun gardener was remanded in custody on Tuesday after a late-night street fight in Sliema ended with one man’s finger almost severed and the other tasting blood—literally. Magistrate Claire Zammit Stafrace denied bail for Joseph “Ġużi” Pace, arguing that the accused…
