Witnesses who testified in the case of a bus driver acquitted of running over a woman are being investigated for perjury, the police have confirmed.

The investigation was launched after the woman’s husband, Publius Said, released a declaration at the Żebbuġ police station last month.

Mr Said had filed a police report a year ago over the incident, which took place five years earlier.

But he has now taken the matter a step further and issued a 15-page declaration to police mapping out his suspicions: that several witnesses may have misled the court in order to acquit the driver.

In the declaration, seen by this newspaper, he is insisting that these testimonies resulted in the court ruling that his wife caused the accident by running into the road without keeping a proper lookout.

A spokesman for the police said: “I can confirm that we are investigating a case of perjury. Yet, with investigations still under way it is too early to say whether charges will be issued or not.”

In December 2013, bus driver Massimo Bonello was cleared of driving negligently and dangerously and seriously injuring Mr Said’s Ukrainian wife, Inna, in St Paul’s Bay on December 2, 2008. He was fined €150 for driving without a licence since he had not renewed it.

On the day of the accident, Mr Bonello was driving public bus route number 49 in St Paul’s Bay.

Ms Said, who was not yet married at the time, was crossing the road at about 8.30am to get to the bus stop when she was hit. She suffered head injuries and spent over 17 days in hospital.

The court heard Mr Bonello say he was driving at a normal speed and the woman just crossed without using the nearby zebra crossing. Other witnesses, who were on the bus, gave the same version.

In his police declaration, Mr Said is insisting that one of the witnesses lied, because during the inquiry she said she was on the bus stop and saw his wife being thrown on to the pavement but when she testified in court later she said she was on the bus.

He also claims that other witnesses had given different versions of the event in court, compared to the statement they released soon after the accident.

He alleges that a court expert did not do his job properly because he took his wife’s statement at a time when she was not in the right state of mind.

Among other things, Mr Said also says his lawyer failed to submit legal submissions outlining these issues before the magistrate decided on the case.