Woman recounts how man tried to burn her alive

A young mother today gave a vivid, movie-like account of how she narrowly missed being burned alive outside her Zabbar home one evening earlier this month. She recalled being threatened by shouts of “I'll kill you! I'll kill you! I won't give up before I kill one of you!” Michelle Camilleri took the witness stand in the criminal proceedings against Alvin Pullicino, 26, employed in the film industry and Gavin Spagnol, 21, ELC employee. The two cousins are currently facing charges, as perpetrator and accomplice respectively, in relation to the attempted murder and attempted arson attack on July 12. The court, presided over by magistrate Joseph Mifsud, heard of the longstanding family feud which existed between the two rival families both residing at Zabbar. Mr Pullicino had fathered the daughter of the victim's sister. Tears streaming down her cheeks and visibly shaking as she struggled to control her sobbing, the woman recalled how on that fateful Wednesday, after a day’s work at the family shop in Xghajra, the couple together with their two sons, aged 3 and 10, were on their way to join some friends at the local playground. They stopped outside their residence and the father...