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 Wednesday, the Degiorgio brothers separately claimed that the former OPM chief of staff Keith Schembri and former minister Chris Cardona were involved in the conspiracy to murder the journalist
Fenech, 44, has pleaded not guilty to two principal charges: complicity in the wilful homicide of Daphne Caruana Galizia and criminal association to commit the murder. Caruana Galizia was killed in a car bomb on 16 October, 2017. Five men have already been convicted in connection with Caruana Galizia's assassination. Vince Muscat admitted his role
Welcome to our live coverage as the jury trial of Yorgen Fenech over the assassination of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia continues with Day 14. Proceedings are now underway before Madam Justice Edwina Grima at the Law Courts in Valletta, with Superintendent Nicholas Vella the first witness to take the stand as the prosecution continues
Convicted hitmen Alfred and George Degiorgio on Wednesday directly implicated former OPM chief of staff Keith Schembri and former minister Chris Cardona in the plot to assassinate Daphne Caruana Galizia. The journalist, a columnist with The Malta Independent, was killed in a car bomb on 16 October, 2017. The Degiorgio brothers' allegations came during
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
Key witness and convicted murderer Alfred Degiorgio refused to testify about his involvement in the Daphne Caruana Galizia murder trial, accusing the court of “breaching all the rights” he and his brother and co-conspirator George Degiorgio had. Instead, the witness, who was held in contempt of court for refusing to answer questions in a case he is
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
During a heated afternoon session in court, state prosecutors accused Yorgen Fenech’s legal team of “acting in bad faith” after the defence requested to cross-examine convicted killer Vince Muscat with a document that had not been previously admitted as evidence in the acts of the case. This document, which refers to statements that Muscat had made
