David Gatt, 32 of Gzira was yesterday remanded in custody after he was charged with the murder of 18-year-old Rachel Bowdler, who died of a drug overdose in May 2001.
The arraignment follows the conclusion in June 2006, of a trial by jury in which a mother, father and son were jailed for a total of 40 years between them in the first ever conviction in Malta for murder by omission.
David Gatt denied the series of charges brought against him in Court for the murder of Rachel Bowdler, and trafficking in cocaine and heroin. Bowdler was found dead in a field in Ras il-Gebel, limits of Mgarr. She died of a drug overdose.
Three years ago, a jury convicted Concetta Decelis to 15 years in jail, while her son Jason was convicted for 25 for having left the young woman die abandoned in the field, in an effort not to get into trouble after they knew that she had overdosed. The father, Carmel Decelis, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for involuntary homicide, but was cleared of murder.
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