Following the initiation of criminal libel proceedings against The Malta Independent on Sunday editor Noel Grima, Magistrate Antonio Micallef Trigona has stepped up action and filed for libel in the Civil Court.

Dr Micallef Trigona filed the suit in connection with an article which appeared in the Malta Independent on Sunday on 14 October entitled Government investigation into ‘delays’ at Gozo Court.

The magistrate claims the article contained defamatory and libellous allegations against him. Dr Joe Mifsud signed the writ.