Magistrate Clare Stafrace Zammit has ordered that blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia be escorted to court after she did not turn up for a libel hearing this morning. The Magistrate noted that this was the second time that Ms Caruana Galizia had not turned up.
The case was instituted by Edgar Bonnici Cachia who felt libelled by a blog titled “The Labour Party: a hitman for a candidate”.
In May, Ms Caruana Galizia was fined €100 for contempt of court after failing to show up in the first sitting. That decision was later revoked when it was explained that Ms Caruana Galizia had been abroad.
Ms Caruana Galizia said in a statement later that she was not notified about the case. She will be filing an application against the ruling, specifying the failure of the police to notify her.
The case has now been put off to November 19.
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