Mona Camilleri wants back money she says is hers and which her brother, accused of murdering her husband and son, used to pay part of a bail deposit imposed by a magistrate.
In a court application yesterday, Ms Camilleri told Magistrate Tonio Micallef Trigona the €30,000 Jason Galea deposited came from a cleaning business they were partners in.
Half the money was hers and she asked the court to order she would get it back.
Mr Galea was granted bail after paying the bail deposits in two separate murder cases.
In a case before Magistrate Micallef Trigona he is charged with murdering Mario Camilleri, l-Imnieħru, and his 21-year-old son Mario Jr on July 17, 2013. George Galea is also charged in connection with the murders.
In another case presided over by Magistrate Josette Demicoli, Mr Galea is charged with the murder of taxi driver Matthew Zahra a year earlier.
Mr Galea was granted bail in July against a €30,000 deposit in each case.
The defence appealed, arguing the sum set was too steep but the Appeals Court rejected the plea and Mr Galea remained in custody as he did not have the funds.
However, earlier this week Mr Galea paid €30,000 in cash in the case of the Camilleris’ murder and funded the other €30,000 needed by using property as collateral, according to sources close to the law courts.
Despite granting bail, the court still ordered he should remain under house arrest and sign the bail book twice a day.
‘Everyday I have to watch my back’
Ms Camilleri says she does not feel safe and has again called for better protection for victims of crime.
“I am terrified. Everyday I have to watch my back. I look under my car before I use it. I have a 10-month-old child to think about,” she told Times of Malta, referring to her daughter Maronia.
When Ms Camilleri testified in court last September, she said she believed her brother wanted to kill her too.
Recalling the last time she saw her husband and son alive, she had told the court that Mr Galea had met her husband at their house and they left in separate cars to go to a notary. Shortly afterwards, she received a phone call from her brother who told her to tell her son to wait outside for him, because he would be picking him up.
A man called to pick up her son later and they drove away together.
According to evidence heard in court, Mr Camilleri, 51, a convicted drug trafficker, was killed in Marsaxlokk and his son was shot and stabbed 34 times in Qajjenza, limits of Birżebbuġa, shortly afterwards.