A Qawra bar owner facing murder charges following a late-night row with a customer that ended badly is be handed back the keys to the premises. David Busuttil, 59 and the owner of Munchies Pub in Buġibba’s Triq it-Turisti was granted that request at the end of a court hearing on Tuesday. Busuttil stands accused of the murder of 60-year-old Roger Dudley Ward, who died after getting into an altercation with Busuttil at the pub on June 17. The pub has remained shut ever since. A court has heard that Busuttil allegedly kicked Dudley-Ward after the latter had been riling him up, talking to him about his ex-partner and coughing in his drink. The kick sent Dudley-Ward backwards, down some steps, where he cracked his head on the pavement and died. The incident was allegedly witnessed by the victim’s friend who had been drinking with him at the bar and was also captured on CCTV footage later presented in evidence. When the case continued on Tuesday, a technician who had recently installed security cameras and an alarm system at Busuttil’s pub testified that Busuttil would often call or message him for assistance with the newly-installed equipment. “He [Busuttil] was still green” as...
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