Ghallis Tower Murder

This notorious Malta murder took place on February 24, 1955. A bank teller/clerk, named Terreni, at a Valletta bank knew this guy, Anthony Aquilina, an employee with a flour company.

Aquilina used to deposit the company's monies at the Valletta bank where Terreni worked. On this occasion (of the murder), Terreni knew Aquilina was driving to Valletta to make the usual deposit. Somehow, Terreni talked him into driving to the Ghallis Tower area, a very isolated country area beneath Hal Gharghur.

Out there, Terreni killed Aquilina to rob him of the money he was going to deposit. He dumped his body in the Tower's well; over the body he dumped gypsum lime and the carcass of a goat to hide any trace of the human corpse. The murder was premeditated and well planned.

On March 9, 1955 some Civil Defense people were training in the area and the smell from the well led to the discovery of the body and eventually the murderer.