Police hit-and-run trial can go ahead six years after Simon Schembri lost arm

A breach of rights claim by Liam Debono, blocking his trial over the hit-and-run incident that severely injured traffic policeman Simon Schembri, was definitively thrown out on Monday morning. Debono is awaiting trial over the near-fatal incident which took place in May 2018 when the then-17-year-old was driving a third party’s silver Mercedes without a...