Former Assistant Police Commissioner Mario Tonna, named in court this week as a senior police officer who received money from Melvin Theuma as well as providing him with sensitive information, had his stalled police career resurrected following Labour’s return to power in 2013. Tonna’s trajectory through the police force is back under scrutiny following
A dramatic confrontation between pardoned middleman Melvin Theuma and convicted murderer George Degiorgio brought Thursday’s sitting in the trial of Yorgen Fenech to an explosive end, with the two men trading accusations of lying over the assassination of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. Degiorgio, who is serving a 40-year prison sentence after admitting
A furious confrontation erupted between convicted hitman George Degiorgio and self-confessed murder middleman Melvin Theuma during Yorgen Fenech's trial by jury on Thursday, with Degiorgio branding Theuma "the biggest liar" before security officers intervened as the pair stood up, shouted at each other and appeared close to physically confronting one
Daphne Caruana Galizia hitman George Degiorgio and middleman Melvin Theuma traded accusations and shouted at each other in court on Thursday, in a dramatic confrontation that brought the day’s proceedings in Yorgen Fenech’s trial to a close. It was the second direct confrontation involving Theuma during the day, following an earlier clash with Kenneth
A dramatic confrontation unfolded in Yorgen Fenech’s trial by jury today as Melvin Theuma and Kenneth Camilleri were confronted with each other’s conflicting versions of events. The confrontation was requested by the defence during Theuma’s second day of cross-examination, with Camilleri called to the witness stand while Theuma remained seated facing
Pardoned middleman Melvin Theuma has admitted that claims he made about former Police Commissioner Lawrence Cutajar being paid thousands of euros were untrue, as defence lawyers continued a fierce cross-examination aimed at undermining his credibility in the Yorgen Fenech murder trial. During another tense sitting, defence lawyer Gianella de Marco
Melvin Theuma faces his second day of questioning by Yorgen Fenech's defence team on Thursday, as Fenech's trial by jury enters its 38th day. Theuma says Fenech gave him money to relay to the hitmen who assassinated journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in October 2017, then gave him more money for them once they were arrested and assured him that he would
Self-confessed murder middleman Melvin Theuma is expected to continue being cross-examined by Yorgen Fenech's defence team on Thursday. His testimony came under intense scrutiny on Wednesday , as defence lawyer Gianella de Marco repeatedly pressed him over contradictions in his testimony, his presidential pardon, secret recordings and his claims involving
In early 2017, Melvin Theuma went up the steps leading to the main entrance of the Auberge de Castille. How Theuma got through the door and up the regal staircase is a story with two versions, one of which presupposes a miracle. This was before the June general election; Theuma says it was after Yorgen Fenech asked him to commission a hit on Daphne
Melvin Theuma admitted under cross-examination on Wednesday that he had lied when he implicated former OPM chief of staff Keith Schembri in the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia, as defence lawyer Gianella De Marco repeatedly challenged the self-confessed middleman's credibility. As the cross-examination started after four days of question from the