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
The trial by jury of Yorgen Fenech over the assassination of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia resumes on Tuesday before Judge Edwina Grima, with the defence set to continue its cross-examination of Assistant Police Commissioner Keith Arnaud. Arnaud’s cross-examination by the defence started on Monday afternoon and will proceed throughout
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 sixth day. Refresh for live updates from court Inside the
Assistant police commissioner Keith Arnaud will face questions from defence lawyers when the trial of Yorgen Fenech resumes this morning. Fenech, an heir to the Tumas family fortune, is on trial for complicity in the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. Prosecutors say Fenech paid €150,000 to have Caruana Galizia blown up in 2017. He is denying
Keith Schembri was once the most powerful unelected official in Joseph Muscat’s government. A backroom wheeler-dealer who had no qualms mixing his business interests with politics, Schembri mastered the art of political survival in the Muscat years, despite facing countless corruption claims. A handwritten letter authored by a taxi driver would help
Jurors in the trial of businessman Yorgen Fenech yesterday heard the prosecution continue building its case through the testimony of lead investigator Assistant Commissioner Keith Arnaud, who presented further evidence recovered from Fenech's mobile phone, recordings made by state witness Melvin Theuma and messages exchanged with former OPM chief of
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