A judge this afternoon ruled that a request for part of the bail deposit filed by the sister of a man accused of murdering her husband, her son and another man was a civil matter and could not be decided by the Criminal Court.

In her court application, Mona Camilleri said that the €30,000 Jason Galea deposited in order to be granted bail came from a cleaning business they were partners in.

Half the money was hers and she asked the court to order its return.

But Mr Justice David Scicluna ruled today that this was a civil matter and the criminal court was not the appropriate forum where this request was to be made.

Mr Galea is charged with murdering Mario Camilleri, l-Imnieħru, and his 21-year-old son Mario Jr on July 17, 2013 as well as taxi driver Matthew Zahra a year earlier.

Mr Galea paid €30,000 in cash for bail in the case of the Camilleris’ murder and funded the other €30,000 needed by using property as collateral.

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