**See, Hear and Speak Out: How Malta’s Communities Are Turning Up the Volume on Justice** Valletta’s Republic Street at noon is a symphony of honking horns, clattering coffee cups and vendors hawking pastizzi. Yet beneath the everyday racket, a quieter chorus is swelling—one that invites every Maltese citizen to *see* injustice, *hear* the vulnerable and…
**Gozo’s First Domestic Violence Hub: 150 Cases in Less Than a Year Signal Urgent Need for Island-Wide Support** In the shadow of Gozo’s picturesque citadels and rural charm lies a stark reality that has long remained hidden behind closed doors. The island’s first dedicated domestic violence support hub has revealed the true scale of abuse…
**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…
**11-Year Sentence for Ex-Boyfriend’s Rape Sends Shockwaves Through Malta’s Relationship Culture** A 31-year-old Birkirkara man has been jailed for 11 years after being convicted of raping his former partner in her own apartment, a verdict that is rippling through Malta’s tight-knit communities and forcing a national conversation about consent, power and the shadow side of…
**Screwdriver Threat Shines Harsh Light on Malta’s Hidden Domestic Violence Crisis** A 42-year-old man has been charged with holding a screwdriver to his partner’s neck and threatening to kill her after she refused to have sex with him, a Valletta court heard on Tuesday. The accused, whose name cannot be published by order of the…
Woman Tracked by Husband Asks Court to Drop Case: A Maltese Story of Technology, Trust and Tradition The quiet streets of Żebbuġ were jolted last month when a 34-year-old mother-of-two walked into the Malta Police Cybercrime Unit and filed a complaint that sounded more Silicon Valley than Sliema: her husband had hidden an AirTag in…
Woman Tracked by Husband Asks Court to Drop Case: A Quiet Revolution on a Quiet Island By Hot Malta Staff Sliema, Malta – When 38-year-old Maria* stepped into the Civil Court on Tuesday morning, she carried more than a brown leather folder with her filed affidavits. She carried the weight of an island wrestling with…
Man pleads not guilty to iron-bar assault on relative in Qormi, sending shockwaves through Malta’s tight-knit family culture A 37-year-old man from Qormi was arraigned on Thursday afternoon after allegedly striking a close relative with an iron bar during a heated argument that spilled out of a traditional townhouse onto Triq it-Tuff, one of the…
Domestic abuser back in court, charged with threatening mother of his children ================================================================================ A 38-year-old man from Żabbar, already convicted in 2021 for grievous bodily harm against his former partner, was hauled back before Magistrate Marse-Ann Farrugia on Wednesday after allegedly breaching a protection order just metres from the primary school their two children attend….
Man Denies Sharing Indecent Photo of Ex and Holding Her Against Her Will: A Case That Cuts to Malta’s Core Valletta’s ancient stone corridors echoed with more than footsteps this week as a 29-year-old Marsascala man stood in the dock, pleading not guilty to charges that read like a cautionary tale for the digital age:…
