Lead police investigator Keith Arnaud’s cross-examination in the Yorgen Fenech trial drew to a close on Wednesday morning, before jurors put their own questions to the assistant commissioner on Keith Schembri, Melvin Theuma’s phantom job, and the searches carried out after Schembri’s arrest. Arnaud, the head of the police major crimes unit, was testifying
Lead police investigator Keith Arnaud’s cross-examination in the Yorgen Fenech trial drew to a close on Wednesday morning, before jurors put their own questions to the assistant commissioner on Keith Schembri, Melvin Theuma’s phantom job, and the searches carried out after Schembri’s arrest. Arnaud, the head of the police major crimes unit, was testifying
The jury in Yorgen Fenech’s murder trial questioned why only two police officers were sent to arrest former OPM chief of staff Keith Schembri in November 2019. Assistant Police Commissioner Keith Arnaud told the court that investigators had been dealing with multiple developments that evening, with new information coming in between around 8:30pm and
Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of the jury trial of Yorgen Fenech over the assassination of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. We’re at the law courts in Valletta, where proceedings are due to resume shortly before Madam Justice Edwina Grima as the trial enters its seventh day. Refresh for live updates from court •
Defence lawyers representing Yorgen Fenech will continue cross-examining Keith Arnaud when Fenech's trial by jury for the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia continues on Wednesday. Arnaud, an assistant police commissioner, was the lead investigator in the case concerning the October 2017 murder. Having spent two days testifying last week, Arnaud is now
The trial by jury of Yorgen Fenech over the assassination of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia resumes on Wednesday for its seventh day, with lead investigator Assistant Commissioner Keith Arnaud set to face a third day of cross-examination before Judge Edwina Grima. The defence began questioning Arnaud on Monday afternoon spending last
Jurors in the trial by jury of businessman Yorgen Fenech on Tuesday heard lead investigator Assistant Commissioner Keith Arnaud confirm that police never recovered former OPM chief of staff Keith Schembri's mobile phone or laptop, as his cross-examination continued with questions focusing on Schembri's role in the investigation, Melvin Theuma's presidential
State prosecutors accused Yorgen Fenech’s legal team of “misleading” the jury by being “selective” in its references to evidence included in the case. Lead prosecutor Anthony Vella accused the defence of deliberately obfuscating the jury’s perception of police work through selective references to reports, testimonies and information from third parties
During a tense cross-examination of Assistant Commissioner Keith Arnaud, the lead investigator in the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, the defence for the accused, Yorgen Fenech, repeatedly accused the police force of failing to adequately look into all possible avenues of investigation, repeatedly steering the narrative towards high-ranking
A handwritten letter penned by middleman Melvin Theuma played a pivotal role in bringing former OPM chief of staff Keith Schembri onto investigators’ radar in the Daphne Caruana Galizia murder investigation. The letter was referenced in court as lead investigator Keith Arnaud continued his testimony in Yorgen Fenech’s trial. In the note, which investigators
