The case dates back to 2017 after police received a report of hunting activity near Xgħajra

14 September 2022, 6:21pm
byMatthew Agius

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A man from Żabbar has been fined €3,000 and had his hunting licence suspended after being found guilty of having hunted birds during the closed season, 5 years ago.

The case dates back to Sunday 23 April 2017, when the police had received a report of hunting activity near Xgħajra, from BirdLife volunteers who had been observing the annual Spring bird migration.

As the hunting season had officially closed 9 days before, and seeing two men with hunting shotguns, the volunteers had started filming, capturing footage of a large bird overflying the hunters’ hide and one of the men standing up and firing a shot at it.

Despite finding nobody at the scene when they arrived, the police had subsequently arrested Simon Camilleri after…