Police expected to question some people

The Attorney General has advised the Commissioner of Police on what line of action to take in connection with the untimely death of a 14-year old Norwegian girl in August last year.

Anthony Borg Barthet told The Times the matter was now in the hands of the police after he had given his recommendations.

However, he remained tight-lipped on the details, and would not say whether any blame had been established or a case of negligence made.

The police are expected to question "some people" about the case, sources said.

A magisterial inquiry report into the death of Line Marie Andersen had been forwarded to the Attorney General's office.

Ms Andersen, who was on her first trip to Malta, was admitted to hospital on July 29 last year and died a few days later.

She had earlier felt sick and collapsed at St Aloysius College where she was attending English language classes.

The post-mortem concluded that the cause of death was an intracranial haemorrhage.

Her death caused a stir in the Norwegian media, which raised questions over whether the girl had been given the right treatment at St Luke's hospital.

A spokesman for the family, Dag Gaassand, said yesterday that the family had received no official information regarding the outcome of the inquiry.

Mr Gaassand said it was unlikely that the family would take any legal action against anyone in Malta.

"They just want to leave this behind and get on with their lives as best they can," Mr Gaassand said.

The family spokesman last year raised a lot of questions in connection with the case, especially since "contradictory statements" had been made in the hours and days following the girl's collapse.

The Health Division had also held its own internal investigation into Andersen's death, but its results have not been made public.

The daughter of a well-known Norwegian athlete, Andersen was making a name for herself as a member of the national athletics team.