A 68-year-old man from Marsa was this morning remanded in custody at Mount Carmel Hospital after he pleaded not guilty to attempting to kill his sister in law last Monday.

Edgar Zarb also pleaded not guilty to slightly injuring the woman, 65, from Paola.

The woman hit several times with a pointed instrument in a house in Nerik Sacco Street, Marsa.

Mr Zarb is being kept at Mount Carmel Hospital because of his drink problem.

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