Murder trial opens today - woman injected with heroin and dumped at sea

Joseph Azzopardi, of Tarxien, goes on trial today, accused of the murder of 20-year-old Paola woman Therese Agius. Her body was found in the sea off Delimara on October 12, 1999. Her hands and feet were bound. The woman, who had been missing for almost...

Joseph Azzopardi, of Tarxien, goes on trial today, accused of the murder of 20-year-old Paola woman Therese Agius.

Her body was found in the sea off Delimara on October 12, 1999. Her hands and feet were bound.

The woman, who had been missing for almost two weeks, is believed to have been injected with a fatal dose of heroin in Gzira in circumstances linked to prostitution.

Azzopardi is also accused of drug trafficking.

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