Update 3: Wife recounts to court how she found murdered husband's body

The wife of murdered Gozitan lawyer Michael Grech this afternoon recounted to the court how she had found her husband covered in blood on the floor by following a blood trail. Testifying this evening in the trial by jury of David Zerafa, 39, of Nadur, who is pleading not guilty to murdering Dr Grech, 46, Maria Grech said that before 10pm she heard a gunshot in the common area, which sounded like it had come from a level higher than their flat. “I heard commotion and shouts of ajma, ajma… I heard like a scuffle going on,” she said. Mrs Grech said she initially thought that her 17-year-old neighbour whose parents were abroad had done something so she peered out of the door and shouted "Steve what happened?” He did not answer but she saw a man come down the stairs. Although he was hooded, his eyes were exposed and he looked at her. He was wearing a boiler suit and surgical gloves. “His eyes had impressed me. He had a gun and was pointing it at me but it was a small gun… He was looking directly in my eyes. His were brown and almond shaped… I will never forget them… I will remember them for the rest of my life. I had thought to myself that he was dressed as if he was going to the Nadur...