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- ↑ Judges. The Judiciary - Malta. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
- ↑ "New judge laments 'pathetic' pension and wage". Times of Malta .
- ↑ Grech, Helena (2016-03-29). "Man who threatened magistrate in court sent to prison for 30 months". The Malta Independent .
