‘The wait is killing us’
Chantelle Chetcuti’s sister on pain of pending trial
The sister of murder victim Chantelle Chetcuti has spoken out about the pain of her alleged killer’s trial remaining unresolved, despite four years having passed since the crime.
Chantelle’s sister, Stacey Camilleri, opened up about the family’s calvary on the anniversary of her sister’s death and said the family is unable to live in peace for as long as justice remains unserved.
“Four years must be more than enough for a case like this to close! The wait is killing us!” Camilleri said in a Facebook post.
She said that while the family is doing its best to move on, fully processing their grief has stalled because the man accused of Chantelle’s murder, whom they believe is responsible for her death, continues to live freely out on bail “as if nothing ever happened”.
“We are not asking for the world,” she said.
Chantelle Chetcuti was fatally stabbed outside a Żabbar club on February 2, 2020 while out having a drink with a friend.
Her former partner and father of her children Justin Borg is accused of her murder. He is pleading not guilty to the charges and is currently out on bail while proceedings against him continue.
Camilleri emphasised the toll that the whole ordeal has had on her sister’s two young children.
“The lives of these two children have changed forever, our lives changed forever and a part of me died with you that day,” she said.
She also alleged that Borg had turned up outside her late mother’s house after being released on bail and said that had further added to their anguish.
“We didn’t even get the chance to grieve properly, how could we when he started to appear in places where, if he had any sense of decency, we would never have seen him,” she continued.
Their mother had since died, Camilleri said.
“Our mother went from bad to worst until she left this world,” she wrote. “She didnt deserve to spend her last years on this earth in agony.”
Camilleri said it is a shame that despite the evidence, proceedings against Borg have yet to be concluded.
“He has his rights, they say, of course he has his rights, but what about our rights?” she continued. “I cannot understand why this man is still free. Peace cannot exist where justice is not served.”