San Gwann PN mayor to be charged for corruption after son admits similar charges

Noel Agius was charged under arrest by Inspector Angelo Gafa' for approaching waste collection companies that were tendering for the San Gwann Local Council and asked for commissions.

Agius was arrested on Thursday and interrogated at length by the police from the Economic Crimes Unit and arraigned Saturday morning before Magistrate Gabriella Vella.

Following his admission, Agius was sententeced to two years imprisonment suspended for four years, and was given a perpetual general interdiction.

MaltaToday is informed that the San Gwann Mayor has been hospitalised for heart failure on Friday and submitted his resignation as mayor yesteray. His resignation was accepted by the PN and added in a statement that it had reported the case to the police after recieving information from third parties. Agius is expected to be charged once he is discharged from hospital.

The news is set to cause further turmoil for the PN after a string of events that have rocked various PN-led local councils.

During August, PN Santa Venera Mayor Elizabeth Vella resigned after a governmental report found irregularities in the handling of council funds, and Gharb Deputy Mayor resigned from the PN after being arrested and charged with statutory rape.

Meanwhile investigations continue into a series of alleged irregularities at the Sliema Local Council.

Mayor Nikki Dimech together with councilor Sandra Camilleri resigned from the PN after they were reportedly singled-out by the party administration over an investigation into alleged bribery brought against Dimech.