A man who was disabled while on duty back in 1999 was this morning granted €323,405.83 in compensation.

Brian Micallef, then 23, was left 53 percent disabled when a large tyre he was inflating at work exploded.

Mr Micallef worked for Brian Tyre Services and Noel Gauci.

Responsibility for the accident had been decided by a court in 2003 but damages were established today by Mr Justice Giannino Caruana Demajo.

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