Mellieħa murder: Flatmate testifies about regular fights between couple

A Serbian woman who shared the Mellieħa flat where a man was stabbed to death in July, was sleeping in her room when she heard the couple fighting as they often did.
Dragana Vessalinovic was testifying on Monday at the compilation of evidence against Mayumi Santos Patacsil, 44, who stands accused of having murdered her partner, Marcelino Montalban Saraza, at their rented two-bedroom apartment in the very early hours of July 2. 
The witness recalled how that night she was sleeping with her daughter in their room at the shared accommodation when she heard their Filipino flatmates fighting. 

But they always fought, said the witness, adding that her husband would tell them “to stop, to keep calm because the neighbours were complaining too.”
Asked whether she could identify anyone inside the courtroom, the witness remarked, “yes, the one with glasses,” indicating the slight, spectacled woman seated at the front bench assisted by two interpreters. 
The accused’s former flatmate confirmed further that she had given police messages she had received from Patacsil along with her Facebook password.
The witness’s husband, who preceded her at the stand, said that he had not been at home...