Live: Soldiers accused of drive-by shooting in court

Evidence against two soldiers charged with the racially-motivated murder of a man is being presented in court on Tuesday.

Francesco Fenech, 21, and Lorin Scicluna, 22, stand accused of having killed Lassana Cisse Souleymane, 42, in a drive-by shooting in Birżebbuġa last April. They deny the charges of what is believed to be Malta's first racially-motivated murder.

10:17am: Replying to questions by Inspector Arnaud, Mr Green tells the court that he had known Mr Scicluna for around three years, having met him through Playstation. Mr Scicluna had introduced him to Mr Fenech a few months ago.

10:15am: A new witness is brought in to testify, a delivery man named Jason Green. 

10:05am: Inspector Arnaud explains there were two crime scenes along Triq il-Ġebel at a distance of some 50 metres apart. One near the corpse of Mr Cisse and the other at the spot where two other migrants had been shot.

10.02am: The court hears how both surviving migrants had told the police that they believed the shots fired at them had come form the driver's side of the vehicle. Inspector Arnaud says that Mr Scicluna had a gun license and was a registered shooter. Gunshot residue was concentrated on the side...