Madam Justice Edwina Grima this afternoon began delivering the concluding address to jurors in the trial of former policeman Carmel Cutajar, who stands accused of the attempted murder of his estranged wife.
Earlier, defence lawyer Edward Gatt reminded the jurors that the accused’s former wife, Maria, took her lover to meet his children’s headmistress, rhetorically questioning whether such an act amounted to provocation.
The accused had spoken at length of his suspicions when he had given the police his statement, adding that he drew comfort from the fact that a juror had noted, from Ms Cutajar’s call records, the possibility of there being a second lover – Ċikku.
He reminded jurors that balistics expert Brigadier Maurice Calleja had testified that the weapon used in the case was far from ideal for use in a premeditated murder. Would a policeman familiar with weapons choose to commit cold blooded murder with an antique gun fit only to be mounted on a wall?
“Whichever way you turn, you will find either a lie or forensic evidence which supports the defence's version of events,” the defence lawyer said.
He said his client had sobbed when Ms Cutajar had testified that his children...
