Documents from murdered woman's hospital file missing

Some documents from the hospital file of the late Margaret Mifsud, the lawyer found murdered in her car in Baħar iċ-Ċagħaq in April last year, were missing and could not be traced, the court heard this morning. Testifying in the case against the victim's former husband Nizar El Gadi, who has been charged with killing Dr Mifsud by applying pressure to her chest, effectively stopping her from breathing, an official from Mater Dei Hospital, representing the hospital superintendent, exhibited Dr Mifsud's medical file, which contained X-Rays but said some documents were missing and could not be traced. Police sergeant Manuel Mifsud testified that the woman had been found on the driver’s seat of her car, with her head leaning on the window. He said that during investigation he phoned her husband and asked if he could speak to him. Mr El Gadi asked him what had happened. Mr Mifsud said he asked him where he was but he did not tell him and when he asked him again he said he was far away and hung up. Mr Mifsud said he called Mr El Gadi some 20 times before he told him he was at his lawyer's and that he would go to the station when he was ready. Mr Mifsud said he waited for Mr El Gadi at...