Johann Cremona spent hours distancing himself from secretly recorded conversations played before jurors on Thursday, acknowledging contact with former OPM chief of staff Keith Schembri while insisting that many of the statements he made about the murder investigation had been fabricated to reassure Melvin Theuma. Hours of secretly recorded conversations
On Thursday afternoon, jurors who will be responsible for determining the fate of alleged murder accomplice Yorgen Fenech listened to a recording made by confessed murder middleman Melvin Theuma, indicating his despair and anger about the murder plot. At one point, he said he would be “better off if they killed me”, in reference to those involved in
Yorgen Fenech’s former business partner Johann Cremona admitted on Thursday that he turned to disgraced former OPM chief of staff Keith Schembri for reassurance after Fenech’s arrest, telling jurors he was panicking and feared he too would be dragged into the Daphne Caruana Galizia murder investigation. Cremona, who ran BestPlay Gaming Ltd with Fenech,
The trial of Yorgen Fenech, who is charged with complicity in the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia enters its 20th day on Thursday. The prominent businessman is pleading not guilty to the assassination of the journalist in a car bomb in October 2017. Please refresh for constant updates 8.50am Clara Farrugia will be inside the courtroom. The judge and
The trial by jury of businessman Yorgen Fenech enters its 20th day on Thursday, with Johann Cremona expected to resume his testimony before Madam Justice Edwina Grima and the jury. Wednesday's proceedings were largely dominated by the playing of hours of secretly recorded conversations between Cremona and Melvin Theuma, as prosecutor Godwin Cini repeatedly
Yorgen Fenech’s business associate Johann Cremona spent much of yesterday insisting that explosive references to politicians, senior police officers, lawyers, and Fenech himself heard in secretly recorded conversations with Melvin Theuma were nothing more than "a bluff" intended to calm the self-confessed middleman in the Daphne Caruana Galizia murder
Malta’s courts were the latest victim of the widespread power cuts on Wednesday morning, with an outage bringing the trial of Yorgen Fenech to a temporary halt. Jurors in the trial were listening to a series of audio recordings at the time of the unexpected outage at 10.30am. Although power was restored within moments, the presiding judge called for
Gaming entrepreneur Johann Cremona will continue testifying when the trial of Yorgen Fenech resumes on Wednesday. Cremona was a business partner of Fenech's and also a confidante of self-confessed murder middleman Melvin Theuma, who says Fenech paid him €150,000 to commission the assassination of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. In testimony on Tuesday
The trial by jury of Yorgen Fenech enters its 19th day today, with Johann Cremona expected to continue testifying as the prosecution presses ahead with presenting its case. Yesterday's sitting was largely dominated by the testimony of Johann Cremona, who said he was someone Melvin Theuma regularly confided in. He told jurors that Theuma had repeatedly
A business associate of Yorgen Fenech told the jury on Tuesday that self-confessed middleman Melvin Theuma consistently alleged that Fenech had ordered the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia, while also describing meetings, phone calls and text exchanges involving OPM chief of staff Keith Schembri and security officer Kenneth Camilleri that took