The Criminal Court ordered the case of 62-year-old
Anthony Schembri from Birkirkara, charged with stabbing and causing the death
of his estranged wife Doris, to be referred to the Magisterial Court.
The case will continue being heard after
six out of nine jurors decided on Monday that Mr Schembri, a Sliema resident, was not in a confused frame of mind when he stabbed the woman, recovered in Ward M4 at St Luke’s
Hospital on the 29th
September 2005.
The defence is expected to appeal from the
decision.
The Court was presided over by Giannino
Caruana Demajo.
Lawyers Edward Gatt and Anġlu Farrugia appeared
for Mr Schembri.
