Update 3 - Mosta animals killer left note, says he is being tormented

Updated Saturday 9.52 am A note addressed to St Philip was found inside the crucified cat on Monday written in a wretched and self-pitying tone, bemoaning the neglect its author suffered, Times of Malta has learnt. The bloodied note was inserted in between the cat’s outer skin layer and its muscular layer as it hung from the statue of St Philip on the parvis of the Mosta dome. The contents of this note, as well as of two others that had been attached to the crucified cats found in 2012 and a fourth that was attached to a dog that was also found crucified in 2011, were divulged to this newspaper. The author of all four notes draws on circumstances that would bring to mind the case of Franġisku Buhagiar, 83, who had shot dead his sister, Maria, on February 16, 1999, following an argument over burnt toast and a jersey that needed mending. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison. The house where the first puppy was found, back in 2011, was the place where the murder had occurred. The police had interrogated Mr Buhagiar over the spate of animal killings and he insisted he was being set up. The rather lengthy notes are written in a Maltese dialect, with sources confirming that the...