An artist yesterday sued an auctioneer for libel over a letter published in The Sunday Times.

Reno Spiteri filed his suit in the Civil Court against Albert F. Santucci over the letter which appeared on July 13 under the heading "Fake Malta paintings".

He claimed the letter was libellous and contained untruths meant only to damage his reputation.

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