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 told the jury on Friday that Keith Schembri was the person who drew him into dealings with Melvin Theuma after Daphne Caruana Galizia's assassination, including passing on warnings about police investigations. Taking the witness stand in his own defence after the judge dismissed a call from the defence for the jury's dissolution ( see
Yorgen Fenech has categorically denied ordering the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia, using his first testimony in his own defence to point the finger at disgraced former prime minister Joseph Muscat’s chief of staff Keith Schembri. Taking the witness stand on Friday afternoon, Fenech sought to dismantle pardoned middleman Melvin Theuma’s version
Yorgen Fenech has testified that Melvin Theuma had recordings of former OPM chief of staff Keith Schembri and claimed those recordings could still exist today. Asked in court whether he had told Schembri about a letter from Theuma, Fenech said he had called him and asked him to come over. “I told Keith Schembri. I called him and told him to come. He
Yorgen Fenech has told jurors that he gave Melvin Theuma €50,000 after learning that €30,000 had allegedly already been paid towards a plan to murder Daphne Caruana Galizia, claiming he told him to stop the plan. Testifying in his own defence today, Fenech first recalled a lunch at his ranch involving Keith Schembri and Theuma, during which he claimed
