The director of a company that exported mobile phones to Libya in 2006 was cleared of making use of false customs documents due to lack of evidence.

Adrian Agius, who is also a former director at More Supermarkets (Ħamrun) which recently closed following financial problems, had been charged with using the false documents as one of the directors of Ter Nova Company Limited.

Mr Agius was originally charged with his father, Raymond Agius, who was murdered in April 2008 outside Butterfly Bar in Birkirkara.

Raymond Agius, a 49-year-old car dealer with other business dealings, was shot twice in the head by two men who entered the bar wearing helmets. He was also a director of Ter Nova. Father and son had been charged with making use of forged customs documents.

Magistrate Tonio Micallef Trigona noted that the prosecution had based its case on the fact that the stamps found on the Agius’s merchandise were not the ones used by Malta’s Department of Customs at the time and the signatures on the documents were not of any Customs officer on duty that day.

The signature bore the surname ‘Micallef’ and it emerged that a Frans Micallef worked at Customs. Ultimately, however, the magistrate was not convinced that the inauthenticity of the documents had been proven.

The More Supermarkets Ħamrun outlet, which owed €250,000 in unpaid rent, was forced to close last year when its electricity supply was cut off due to pending bills. It was part of a supermarket chain belonging to D More Holdings Ltd. The chain used to be partly owned by Ryan Schembri, a meat importer who fled the country with debts in the millions of euros after being threatened by loan sharks.