Convicted murderer George Degiorgio claimed in court on Wednesday that the same group of people involved in an alleged 2015 plot to kill Daphne Caruana Galizia used pardoned middleman Melvin Theuma to revive the murder plan in 2017, aligning his testimony with claims previously made by the accused, Yorgen Fenech. Degiorgio, who was convicted of Caruana
Jurors are hearing more evidence in the trial by jury of Yorgen Fenech, who is pleading not guilty to having commissioned Daphne Caruana Galizia’s murder. On Tuesday, convicted hitman Vince Muscat concluded his testimony on the murder. He recalled to jurors that the Degiorgio brothers told him “we have powerful people behind us” after they were arrested
Welcome to our live coverage as the jury trial of Yorgen Fenech over the assassination of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia continues with Day 13. Proceedings are set to resume shortly before Madam Justice Edwina Grima at the Law Courts in Valletta, where the prosecution is expected to continue presenting its evidence after Vince Muscat,
The 13th day of Yorgen Fenech's jury trial will see more witnesses take the stand after the court concluded two days of testimony from convicted hitman Vince Muscat, known as Il-Koħħu. In the last two sittings, Muscat was extensively questioned by both the prosecution and the defence over his account of the plot to assassinate investigative journalist
Convicted hitman Vince Muscat, known as il-Koħħu, told jurors on Tuesday that the group behind Daphne Caruana Galizia's assassination wanted to ensure she was killed rather than injured, saying the bomb planted beneath the drivers' seat inside her car was deliberately designed to maximise the blast. Muscat spent the day under questioning in the trial
Vince Muscat told the court that the Degiorgio brothers accused him of “snitching” after discovering he had begun cooperating with police following his arrest. Testifying in the jury trial of Yorgen Fenech, Muscat said he started assisting investigators in the hope of obtaining a presidential pardon. He told the court that the Degiorgio brothers eventually
Ex-police commissioner Michael Cassar has "categorically denied" claims he was involved in an aborted plot to murder journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. Cassar, who served as police commissioner between 2014 and 2016, dismissed the allegations when contacted by Times of Malta. He stepped down as commissioner in April 2016 during the Panama Papers scandal,
Daphne Caruana Galizia replied to a text message sent by the man who would later help assassinate her, the court heard today. Testifying during Yorgen Fenech’s trial by jury, convicted hitman Vince Muscat, known as Il-Koħħu, confirmed previous testimony that fellow hitman George Degiorgio had been texting the journalist in 2015, two years before she
Daphne Caruana Galizia was “texted” in 2015 by her eventual killer, a court heard on Tuesday. Testifying in the trial against businessman Yorgen Fenech, confessed hitman Vince Muscat confirmed how fellow killer George Degiorgio was texting the journalist in 2015, the same year an aborted murder plot was allegedly hatched against her. Past testimony
Convicted killer Vince Muscat told the court earlier this morning that the suppliers who provided the bomb that killed journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia had offered him €1,500 a month “to say nothing” while held in prison. Muscat, who is a key witness in the murder trial in which Yorgen Fenech stands accused of voluntary homicide and criminal association,
