Father charged with killing his son in Għaxaq murder case

A 68-year-old man was charged on Saturday with murdering his own son inside his Għaxaq home. 
Salvu Dalli stood in the dock with the help of a walking stick as he pleaded not guilty to murder charges.  
Dalli's son, 37-year-old Antoine, was found by police with a gunshot wound to his stomach inside a bathroom at his father's house on Triq il-Gudja on Friday morning. 
The elder Dalli was taken into custody on Friday morning after police responding to a disturbance call found blood drops in a corridor leading to the bathroom, with Antoine Dalli inside.
The suspected murder weapon – a shotgun - was found on a bed in the house. 

Speaking at a crime conference on Saturday, a police spokesperson said investigators believe the murder was motivated by a family feud and a police spokesperson said that district police had in the past received a number of reports about the two men. Both men were known to the police and had faced charges concerning the family feud in the past, though a spokesperson declined to provide details. The accused is no stranger to police: known locally as ‘danger man’, Salvu Dalli was handed a suspended jail term just six months ago after he admitted to having...