Jewellery's CCTV footage found in car belonging to missing man

CCTV footage of a jewellery shop where stolen gold was allegedly sold was found in the car of a man who has been missing since August, a court was told today. The evidence was given during the continuation of the case against George Tabone, owner of Gram Collections, who is pleading not guilty to handling stolen property.  Taking the witness stand, Police Inspector James Grech said that while investigating a theft from a jewellery shop in Valletta on August 8, 2011, he received information that three men were involved, one of them being Glen Debattista. Mr Debattista told the police that he had sold the jewellery to George Tabone. He said that he would go to Mr Tabone's shop and Mr Tabone would switch off the CCTV of the shop and buy the jewellery. The loot included a solitaire worth €30,000. When interrogated under arrest, Mr Tabone categorically denied buying any stolen gold, let alone from Mr Debattista. He was then taken to hospital suffering from chest pains. The inspector said that on  August 11, he was informed that a certain  Matthew Zahra had been reported missing and the CCTV footage of Mr Tabone's shop was in his car. Mr Zahra is still missing and investigations are...