Updated 7.05pm –
Joseph Bonnici, 38 of Gudja admitted to the police that he had murdered his mother and sister and took the police to the field where he tried to bury them, a court was told on Sunday evening.
Police Inspector John Spiteri said Bonnici admitted to the killing during interrogation.
His admission came after police inspectors noticed that he had up to that time given conflicting answers to their questions. He eventually took them to the site in Ghaxaq where the two had been buried.
Inspector Spiteri was speaking during Mr Bonnici’s arraignment, the day after the two bodies were found in a field.
Bonnici wore a hoodie to cover his face as he was driven into the courthouse from Strait Street.
He was accused of murder, possession of an unlicensed weapon, firing the weapon, filing a false report, hiding cadavers and other charges including manufacturing a weapon with a silencer.
He pleaded not guilty. Magistrate Rachel Montebello remanded him in custody.
Lawyers Franco Debono and Marion Camilleri were defence counsel.
Mr Bonnici was arrested early on Saturday after the bodies of the two women were found partly buried in a field in Għaxaq.
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