Convicted hitman Vince Muscat, known as il-Koħħu, told jurors on Tuesday that the group behind Daphne Caruana Galizia's assassination wanted to ensure she was killed rather than injured, saying the bomb planted beneath the drivers' seat inside her car was deliberately designed to maximise the blast. Muscat spent the day under questioning in the trial
Ex-police commissioner Michael Cassar has "categorically denied" claims he was involved in an aborted plot to murder journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. Cassar, who served as police commissioner between 2014 and 2016, dismissed the allegations when contacted by Times of Malta. He stepped down as commissioner in April 2016 during the Panama Papers scandal,
Daphne Caruana Galizia replied to a text message sent by the man who would later help assassinate her, the court heard today. Testifying during Yorgen Fenech’s trial by jury, convicted hitman Vince Muscat, known as Il-Koħħu, confirmed previous testimony that fellow hitman George Degiorgio had been texting the journalist in 2015, two years before she
Daphne Caruana Galizia was “texted” in 2015 by her eventual killer, a court heard on Tuesday. Testifying in the trial against businessman Yorgen Fenech, confessed hitman Vince Muscat confirmed how fellow killer George Degiorgio was texting the journalist in 2015, the same year an aborted murder plot was allegedly hatched against her. Past testimony
Convicted killer Vince Muscat told the court earlier this morning that the suppliers who provided the bomb that killed journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia had offered him €1,500 a month “to say nothing” while held in prison. Muscat, who is a key witness in the murder trial in which Yorgen Fenech stands accused of voluntary homicide and criminal association,
Convicted hitman Vince Muscat, known as il-Koħħu, is expected to continue his testimony on Tuesday as the trial of Yorgen Fenech enters its 12th day. Fenech, 44, is pleading not guilty to complicity in the 2017 car bomb assassination of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia outside her Bidnija home. Prosecutors allege he commissioned the murder through
The Daphne Caruana Galizia Foundation has issued a statement urging the public to remain focused on the evidence presented in court as the trial of Yorgen Fenech continues. In a post shared on social media, the Foundation said the defence appeared to be inviting jurors to consider whether responsibility for Daphne Caruana Galizia’s assassination lay
Welcome to our live coverage as the jury trial of Yorgen Fenech over the assassination of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia enters Day 12. We’re at the Law Courts in Valletta, where proceedings before Madam Justice Edwina Grima are set to resume shortly. Today’s sitting will continue with the testimony of Vince Muscat, known as il-Koħħu,
Convicted hitman Vince Muscat is expected to continue his testimony on Tuesday after Monday's sitting heard his detailed account of the planning and execution of Daphne Caruana Galizia's murder. Day 11 of Yorgen Fenech's trial was dominated by the testimony of convicted hitman turned prosecution witness Vince Muscat ("il-Koħħu"), who gave jurors a
Convicted hitman Vince Muscat told jurors on Monday that the men who carried out Daphne Caruana Galizia’s assassination knew “two, three weeks” in advance that police were planning to raid the Marsa potato shed on 4 December 2017. Muscat, who is serving a 15-year sentence for his role in the murder, was testifying in the trial by jury against Yorgen
