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
Former OPM chief of staff Keith Schembri summoned one of Yorgen Fenech’s former business partners to Castille in the months before Fenech’s arrest in 2019, asking whether the businessman accused of masterminding Daphne Caruana Galizia’s murder had been in contact, jurors heard on Tuesday. Johann Cremona, who ran BestPlay Gaming Ltd with Fenech, testified
Yorgen Fenech’s former business partner Johann Cremona admitted on Tuesday that he did not want pardoned middleman Melvin Theuma to go to the police because he feared the fallout from the Daphne Caruana Galizia murder investigation would destroy his business and cost him “everything”. Cremona, who ran BestPlay Gaming Ltd with Fenech, was testifying
Yorgen Fenech is back in the dock on Tuesday as his trial by jury for complicity in the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia resumes. Fenech, a prominent businessman, is alleged to have paid €150,000 to have Caruana Galizia killed in October 2017. He denies all charges. On Monday, the court heard the testimony of former police commissioner Lawrence Cutajar,
The trial of Yorgen Fenech over the 2017 assassination of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia enters its 18th day today, with attention turning to the highly anticipated testimony of business associate Johann Cremona. Cremona's name has surfaced repeatedly throughout the proceedings, most recently during the testimonies of both Edgar Brincat 'Il-Ġojja'
Former Police Commissioner Lawrence Cutajar was accused by Yorgen Fenech's defence team of being "corrupt" and of lying under oath, as he testified in the murder trial concerning the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia. He also told jurors on Monday that his contact with Edgar Brincat was a genuine policing exercise aimed at gathering intelligence
Day 17 of the Yorgen Fenech murder trial ended on its most explosive note yet, when defence lawyer Giannella De Marco told former Police Commissioner Lawrence Cutajar “You’re corrupt,” after the defence probed about a tip-off on middleman Melvin Theuma’s arrest date, to which he replied, “I didn’t know the date”. This came near the end of a cross-examination
Disgraced former police commissioner Lawrence Cutajar was accused of lying under oath and of being corrupt on Monday afternoon after a wiretapped phone call contradicted his claim that he had not discussed the Daphne Caruana Galizia murder case with anyone before testifying in separate proceedings. Cutajar, who led the police force during the murder
Day 17 of the Yorgen Fenech murder trial saw former Police Commissioner Lawrence Cutajar finally called to testify, after days of being referenced, quoted, and cross-examined about by nearly every witness who has taken the stand this past week. Who is Lawrence Cutajar? Cutajar confirmed he was the man in charge of the force when the Caruana Galizia
Edwin Brincat, the longtime friend and mentor of pardoned middleman Melvin Theuma, was pressed on Monday morning over inconsistencies in his testimony about what he knew of Theuma’s recordings, disgraced former OPM chief of staff Keith Schembri, ex-bodyguard for the Prime Minister Kenneth Camilleri, and the police investigation into Daphne Caruana
