Creditors of murdered butcher Jonathan Pace have filed claims of some €2m, court documents show.

Mr Pace, the former owner of Tyson Butcher, was shot and killed last August 21 as he stood on the balcony of a first-floor flat in Mahatma Gandhi Street in Fgura. The shooting came just a fortnight after he was released on bail in a case where he was being charged with trying to kill a former friend, 52-year-old Vince Muscat, known as Il-Koħħu, in Msida in April 2014.

Mr Pace filed bankruptcy proceedings in June 2013. 

Some creditors told the court they had received cheques from Mr Pace which subsequently bounced. Others had signed credit or loan agreements with Mr Pace before he was killed.

Bank of Valletta is owed most money, claiming nearly €700,000 to cover loans taken out by Mr Pace over the years. Other creditors include meat suppliers, Hotspot magazine, which is owed nearly €6,000 for adverts and a media production company claiming €15,100 for producing adverts. A company is owed more than €22,000 to cover freezers purchased or rented by Mr Pace.  

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