Experts ‘still compiling reports’ on Corradino building collapse

Court-appointed experts are still compiling reports into a building collapse in Corradino that killed a 20-year-old man just over a month ago, according to sources.

Jean Paul Sofia died and five others were injured when the multi-storey building under construction in an industrial estate partially collapsed on December 3.

Three of those who were critically injured have since been released from intensive care and are no longer in danger, according to the police.

The victim’s mother, Isabelle Bonnici, last week said the family had been left in the dark with neither the authorities nor those responsible for the site having contacted them since the incident.

Legal sources said magisterial inquiries could take months, especially if it involved different tests on the building material which was being used in the project.

“This is not an open and shut case, especially when it comes to apportioning blame. The experts need to be allowed to work in serenity and do all the tests they need to do to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities,” one source who is usually appointed as a court expert told Times of Malta. The source is not working on this case.

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