Lead police investigator Keith Arnaud told jurors on Monday afternoon that police repeatedly briefed Castille on developments in Daphne Caruana Galizia’s murder investigation, with phone evidence extracted from alleged murder mastermind Yorgen Fenech’s phone showing that disgraced former OPM chief of staff Keith Schembri was in direct contact with
Lead investigator Keith Arnaud told jurors that Yorgen Fenech claimed former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat warned him in advance that alleged middleman Melvin Theuma was going to be arrested. Continuing his testimony in Fenech’s murder trial, Arnaud said Fenech claimed Muscat asked him whether he trusted Theuma, to which Fenech allegedly replied: “Of
Day five of Yorgen Fenech’s trial saw lead investigator Keith Arnaud continue his testimony, with much of the morning focusing on secretly recorded conversations, alleged escape plans and claims involving former senior government officials. Arnaud read out a series of messages recovered from Fenech’s phone dating to November 2019, when investigators
Yorgen Fenech claimed under interrogation that he was warned of Melvin Theuma’s planned arrest by Joseph Muscat. According to testimony by lead investigator Keith Arnaud, Fenech claimed the then prime minister asked him if he trusted Theuma, to which Fenech replied: “Of course not. He records me." Arnaud tells the court that Fenech also claimed the
Lead investigator Keith Arnaud returns to the witness stand on Monday as Yorgen Fenech's trial over the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia enters its fifth day. Arnaud has been presenting all the evidence collected during investigations against the renowned businessman. Fenech denies the charges Please refresh for constant updates These are the wraps
The trial by jury of Yorgen Fenech over the assassination of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia resumes on Monday before Judge Edwina Grima, with the prosecution expected to continue leading evidence with the testimony of Assistant Police Commissioner Keith Arnaud. On Friday and Saturday, Arnaud gave a detailed account of how the investigation
The evidence in the trial by jury of businessman Yorgen Fenech again centred on the testimony of lead investigator Keith Arnaud, who told jurors that middleman Melvin Theuma identified Fenech as the sole mastermind behind the assassination of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, while also recounting how investigators pieced together the evidence that
Yorgen Fenech told police he had been blackmailed by Melvin Theuma and claimed others were trying to pin Daphne Caruana Galizia’s murder on him, Assistant Commissioner Keith Arnaud told jurors on Saturday afternoon. On Saturday afternoon, Arnaud continued his testimony in Fenech’s trial by jury over the assassination of Caruana Galizia, who was killed
The fourth day of Yorgen Fenech’s trial continued this afternoon with lead investigator Keith Arnaud recounting parts of the businessman’s police statement, including claims involving former OPM chief of staff Keith Schembri. According to Arnaud, Fenech told police that Schembri had once told him he wanted to “get rid of” Daphne Caruana Galizia. The
Jurors in the Yorgen Fenech trial today heard that Melvin Theuma told police he kept a photograph of himself with former OPM chief of staff Keith Schembri because he “wanted to blackmail him”. The claim emerged during testimony from lead investigator Keith Arnaud, who continued giving evidence on day four of the trial into the assassination of journalist