Jeremie Camilleri’s sentence for the murder of Pelin Kaya has been confirmed… and it’s 40 years.

Four weeks ago, the 34-year-old Camilleri pleaded guilty to the voluntary killing of Pelin, who was run over mere hours into her 30th birthday in a murder which shocked the nation in the early hours of 18th January 2023.

One week later, the prosecution and the defence agreed on a 37-year prison sentence which would have seen Camilleri being let out when he’s 70 years old. However, judge Consuelo Scerri Herrera – who was set to announce her sentence this morning – was not bound by law to respect this agreement, and in fact opted for a harsher sentence.

This morning, Camilleri was sentenced to 40 years in prison, and was also ordered to pay a fine of €20,000.