Yorgen Fenech told jurors on Monday that he felt betrayed by former OPM chief of staff Keith Schembri as he continued to deny having any involvement in the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia. Fenech was being cross-examined by prosecutor Godwin Cini, with much of the questioning focused on alleged conversations between Fenech, Schembri and Melvin
Yorgen Fenech has accused police investigators of steering the Daphne Caruana Galizia murder investigation away from former OPM chief of staff Keith Schembri and using Melvin Theuma’s testimony to frame him. Fenech made the claims during a tense cross-examination by prosecutor Godwin Cini, who confronted him with inconsistencies between his 2019 police
Welcome to our live coverage of Day 47 of Yorgen Fenech’s jury trial over the assassination of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, where the Accused is set to continue his cross-examination. Yorgen Fenech began giving evidence in his own defence last Friday, after the judge rejected a defence request to dissolve the jury over concerns
Yorgen Fenech will return to the witness stand on Monday morning as prosecutors continue their cross-examination of the businessman accused of complicity in the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. The trial resumes after a lengthly Saturday sitting, during which prosecutor Godwin Cini began cross-examining Fenech following the conclusion of
Yorgen Fenech on Saturday named former government chief of staff Keith Schembri as the alleged "mastermind" behind Daphne Caruana Galizia's murder, during a tense cross-examination in which prosecutors scrutinised his relationships with senior police officers, regulators and political figures. Fenech made the claim after prosecutor Godwin Cini challenged
Disgraced former Labour minister Konrad Mizzi instructed Yorgen Fenech to delete WhatsApp messages after the businessman’s phone was stolen, according to exchanges presented to jurors during Fenech’s cross-examination on Saturday. The messages emerged as prosecutor Godwin Cini grilled Fenech over his relationships with some of the country’s most senior
Yorgen Fenech has claimed that Keith Schembri’s “fingerprints” were all over an €80,000 sum linked to Melvin Theuma, as prosecutors continued cross-examining him on money, leaks, 17 Black and his links to former police officials. The claim came as prosecutor Godwin Cini pressed Fenech on whether he only indirectly knew that Schembri was allegedly the
Yorgen Fenech has told jurors that former OPM chief of staff Keith Schembri “played” him in the days leading up to his arrest, as prosecutors confronted the businessman over hundreds of thousands of euros passed to murder middleman Melvin Theuma and confidential information leaked from the murder investigation. Fenech, accused of complicity in the
Yorgen Fenech has denied taking advantage of high-profile people in his circle, as prosecutors began cross-examining him about his influence, friendships and messages with public officials. Fenech was questioned by prosecutor Godwin Cini after his defence lawyer concluded her direct examination, during which Fenech apologised to jurors for keeping
Yorgen Fenech has claimed that Keith Schembri sent him two letters through doctor Adrian Vella in the days before he was charged with complicity in the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia. Testifying in his own defence, Fenech said one of the letters reached him at home during his first day on police bail. According to Fenech, his wife told him that Schembri
