The trial of Yorgen Fenech has entered its decisive stage, with Judge Edwina Grima beginning her final address to the jury on Monday after two months of testimony and evidence in the case concerning the assassination of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. The jury has now been told that it is not being asked to judge the investigation, the witnesses
Yorgen Fenech’s fate is expected to pass into the hands of nine jurors this week as his trial over complicity in the assassination of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia reaches its final stage. After 52 days of testimony, cross-examinations and submissions, Madam Justice Edwina Grima has begun summing up the case today. Once the judge completes her
Madam Justice Edwina Grima will begin addressing the jurors this morning to provide her legal directions before sending them to deliberate their verdict. Businessman Yorgen Fenech, 44, is facing trial after pleading not guilty to complicity in the assassination of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia and to membership of a criminal organisation allegedly
Defence lawyer Charles Mercieca on Saturday devoted much of his closing address in Yorgen Fenech's murder trial to challenging the credibility of state witness Melvin Theuma. Mercieca repeatedly questioned Theuma's changing accounts, the recordings he handed over to police and others he claimed to have destroyed, as well as the circumstances in which
Yorgen Fenech’s defence has continued its final address to jurors on the 52nd day of his trial, insisting that the businessman never ordered, financed or wanted the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia. Defence lawyer Charles Mercieca spent Saturday challenging the prosecution’s case and the credibility of self-confessed murder middleman Melvin
Yorgen Fenech’s defence questioned the disappearance of messages exchanged between disgraced former prime ministerial chief of staff Keith Schembri and lead murder investigator Keith Arnaud as it continued its final address to jurors on Saturday. Defence lawyer Charles Mercieca said missing phones, deleted chats and witnesses who were never called
The defence will this morning continue its submissions to the jurors in the trial of Yorgen Fenech. Once this is over, Judge Edwina Grima will be giving her own address before jurors deliberate and give their verdict. Bringing two days of intense submissions to an end Friday, prosecutor Anthony Vella maintained that the evidence firmly proved Fenech
Prosecutor Anthony Vella told the jury that the evidence against Yorgen Fenech forms a chain leading directly to him as the person who ordered Daphne Caruana Galizia's assassination, arguing that his financial interests, his relationship with middleman Melvin Theuma, his efforts to conceal evidence and his conduct before his arrest all contradict his
