A man accused of the gruesome murder of a taxi driver found stuffed inside a car trunk used to run a “crack den”, a court was told on Tuesday. Elliot Paul Busuttil, 38, stands accused of the murder of Mario Farrugia, whose lifeless and heavily decomposed body was found dumped in the trunk of a car in Qormi in April. The victim was stabbed more than 40 times in what investigators believe was a frenzied attack, possibly fuelled by substance abuse. Busuttil, who is pleading not guilty to the crime, was back in court on Tuesday morning. The murder proceedings, being heard by magistrate Astrid May Grima did not yield much in the way of new developments. The case started half an hour late, and when it finally got underway, only one witness was brought forward by the prosecution. That witness had previously earned herself a warning from the court after she testified that although she had known Busuttil for years, even visiting him at his family home on occasion, she did not know anything about him. On Tuesday, the court again raised concerns about the witness’ testimony reminding her that she was speaking under oath. When her testimony resumed on Tuesday, the witness, a...