Jeremie Camilleri told his ex-girlfriend that he’s a “psychopath” and a “proud criminal” and that he “wants to be popular” an hour before running over Pelin Kaya in Gżira.

Police inspector Kurt Zahra revealed this shocking detail in court today as the compilation of evidence proceeding against Camilleri got underway.

Zahra said that he spoke to Camilleri’s ex-partner, who confirmed that they had met on 17th January and had an argument.

Just after midnight, Camilleri sent her a voice recording, saying he is a psychopath and a proud criminal and that she will read about him on the news the next day.

Although he deleted this voice message, police managed to recover it.

CCTV footage showed Camilleri leaving his Lija home just under an hour after sending this voice recording and driving to Gżira along the Birkirkara bypass.

As he spotted Kaya on the pavement in front of KFC, he changed the car’s direction and ran right into her, crashing his car into the chicken restaurant.

An RIU officer who arrested Camilleri also testified that the suspect had threatened and offended him and his colleagues and said he is proud to have killed a person because he was going to be famous.

Follow Lovin Malta’s live blog on the case here.

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