Friday, 20th March 2009 - 17:01CET
New twist to Stephania Carabott's house saga
The in-laws of Stephania Carabott have no title over the house they have thrown their son's widow out of, it was announced this evening.
But it is yet unclear whether Mrs Carabott will be allowed to continue living in the house she had lovingly shared with her late husband for 10 years.
Mrs Carabott and her husband Noel, one of the four victims of the Simshar fishing boat tragedy, had been leasing the house from Noel's father Joseph and his sister Dolores. A judge has given Mrs Carabott four months to leave.
But in an unexpected twist of events, the Parliamentary Secretariat for Lands said in a statement this evening that according to research carried out by the Government's Property Division, the in-laws had no title on the property so much so that the Joint Office stopped accepting agricultural lease from them in April 2007.
The secretariat said that in July last year, the Joint Office refused a request from the notary of the Carabott family for Suzanne Buttigieg nee Carabott, Noel's sister, to be recognised as the farmer.
Asked whether Mrs Carabott would be able to continue living in the house, a spokesman for the secretariat said he had no further information to give at this stage. He said that the division would be taking action within the remit of the law.
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The Times do not need to clarify anything. We, the general public, do not know who you are and frankly, we don't really care.
So according to you, if a certain Joe Borg does something, The Times will have to mention that the particular Joe Borg is not the same Joe Borg as the other thousands in the directory.
5 days for what ma'am?
Pity that the bad habits of teh victim and their consequences held them from legalising their stay in the house.
Mela "hmar" wiehed hawn ?
It's nice to hear that Government's Property Division had done a good research
I am not a lawyer but I doubt that it is as clear cut as you described it. I'll let a lawyer to volunteer a clarification on your point.
Whoever you may be, your name is Susanne, not Suzanne (with the "z"), as reported!!!
If one steals and sells them to another person, the person receiving such items is also considered breaking the law. I think that although this is somehow a different case the lands division or whoever owns the land can not let the property to the person residing there simply because certain rules where broken.
If you are receiving or being granted something, you need to verify all the facts pertaining to it.