The attorney general has appealed a court decision that exonerated a cement-truck driver from all criminal responsibility for the death of a motorcyclist in Naxxar seven years ago. The AG is arguing that the magistrate wrongly interpreted the evidence produced during the compilation of evidence, which proves the driver could not be completely exonerated for the fatal accident involving 27-year-old motorcyclist Johanna Boni on January 5, 2016. “We just hope that, after seven years of suffering, justice will open its eyes. It’s not easy having to wait for seven years,” Johanna’s father, Pippo Boni said about the appeal. Johanna was at a stop sign on her Kawasaki ER6N when she was run over. She was on her way to work. Carmel Cauchi, then 53, was driving a heavily loaded left-hand drive truck down Labour Avenue, Naxxar. The compilation of evidence started being heard by Magistrate Aaron Bugeja and then moved to Magistrate Nadine Lia when Bugeja became a judge. 'She was not completely to blame' Last month, the truck driver was cleared of criminal negligence in the case. The court ruled that a miscalculated manoeuvre by the motorcyclist when she tried to overtake the heavy vehicle...
↧