Ray Pace placed under Bill of Indictment - former judge asked for phone from butcher

A court ruled this afternoon that there was sufficient evidence for former Judge Ray Pace to be placed under a Bill of Indictment. The ruling was given by Magistrate Neville Camilleri during the compilation of evidence against Dr Pace, who stands accused of bribery and trading in influence. He resigned last month and is out on bail. During this morning's proceedings, Magistrate Camilleri upheld a request by Dr Pace to be able to withdraw some money from his bank account so that he and his family can get by. The court had previously frozen Dr Pace's financial assets. One of his lawyers, Stefano Filletti, said it was humiliating for Dr Pace to depend on his relatives to be able to lead a decent life. Magistrate Camilleri allowed him to withdraw €1,164 per month. Earlier in the sitting today, the defence counsel said the police had not presented any evidence to prove their case against Dr Pace. No evidence had been presented to establish whether Dr Pace had received anything for something which he was duty bound to do, or to do something which he was not supposed to do. Defence counsel Joe Mifsud said that an examination of the evidence showed that there were no grounds for a bill of...