Yorgen Fenech was heard telling Melvin Theuma that lead investigator Keith Arnaud “has guts to keep working” despite earning just €1,700 a month, as the court listened to more secret recordings of the two men. The exchange was heard on the recording played in court, with Theuma identifying the words being said. The recordings are among the key pieces
Middleman in the Daphne Caruana Galizia assassination plot Melvin Theuma is set to continue his testimony in court on Tuesday. Theuma's testimony continued on Monday, with jurors hearing further secret recordings centred largely on the financial pressure he said he faced from the Degiorgio brothers after Daphne Caruana Galizia's murder. Theuma, the
The following are the top stories in Malta's newspapers on Tuesday. Times of Malta reports how Melvin Theuma told a court that Yorgen Fenech reimbursed him for a €60,000 payment he made to the family of two of the men who murdered Daphne Caruana Galizia. Fenech is on trial for the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia. Theuma was the murder plot's middleman
There comes a point when former holders of public office should stay silent. Yet, as extraordinary evidence continues to emerge from Yorgen Fenech’s trial, Joseph Muscat has chosen to claim credit for the fact that prosecutions followed Daphne Caruana Galizia’s murder on his watch. Responding to Opposition Leader Alex Borg, Muscat said the “crucial
"Under Labour, no one can touch me." According to self-confessed middleman Melvin Theuma, those were Yorgen Fenech's words as the two men discussed the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia and what might happen in its aftermath. The statement emerged during the third day of testimony by Theuma, dominated by secret recordings, money paid to the
Former prime minister Joseph Muscat’s chief of staff, Keith Schembri, was repeatedly mentioned as a source of sensitive information reaching Yorgen Fenech as investigators closed in on those involved in the assassination of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, jurors heard on Monday afternoon. The afternoon session of Fenech’s trial was characterised
Melvin Theuma told the court that Yorgen Fenech believed he was beyond the reach of the authorities while the Labour government was in power. According to Theuma, Fenech used to tell him: “Under Labour, no one can touch me.” Earlier today, Theuma was testifying in the trial over the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia as prosecutors continued
Melvin Theuma is expected to continue his testimony on Monday in the trial of Yorgen Fenech after a marathon Saturday sitting where saw jurors heard some of the most damning recordings yet concerning the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. Theuma, the self-confessed middleman in the 2017 assassination who was granted a presidential pardon
