The trial of Yorgen Fenech continues on Thursday morning, with police inspector Kurt Zahra expected to return to the witness stand for further cross-examination by the defence. Wednesday's sitting was dominated by questions over the jury's isolation from outside reporting, after the tablets given to jurors were removed when the defence raised concerns
A legal dispute over whether jurors could have been exposed to news headlines on their court-issued tablets opened Wednesday morning's sitting of the Yorgen Fenech murder trial, before proceedings moved into a tense examination of Inspector Kurt Zahra over evidence concerning the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia. The sitting began with arguments
Police investigating the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia waited seven days after arresting former chief of staff Keith Schembri before searching his office at the Office of the Prime Minister, jurors in the Yorgen Fenech murder trial heard on Wednesday. Under cross-examination, Inspector Kurt Zahra confirmed that Schembri’s Castille office
The police searches of Keith Schembri’s home and Castille office came under sustained scrutiny as Inspector Kurt Zahra faced cross-examination. Defence lawyer Giannella de Marco focused on the initial search of Schembri’s home, carried out by Zahra and Assistant Commissioner Keith Arnaud. “This is very unusual, no? That police inspectors conduct the
Police investigating the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia, led by high-ranking officer Keith Arnaud, never considered disgraced former prime minister Joseph Muscat’s chief of staff Keith Schembri a suspect in the murder, the jury trying Yorgen Fenech was told on Wednesday. Inspector Kurt Zahra made the declaration while explaining how Schembri
Inspector Kurt Zahra resumes his evidence today after a lengthy day on the stand. On Tuesday, the jury was taken through recordings of Yorgen Fenech's police interrogations following his arrest in November 2019. The police interrogations had much to do with Fenech's allegations about former chief of staff Keith Schembri. Fenech claimed Schembri had
Yorgen Fenech admitted to police that he passed at least €400,000 to middleman Melvin Theuma, according to interrogation recordings played in court today. The bombshell admission emerged during footage of Fenech’s 2019 police questioning, where he repeatedly acknowledged handing over large sums of money while insisting he was being blackmailed by Theuma
Former prime minister Joseph Muscat’s 2019 birthday party at the official Girgenti residence has resurfaced during Yorgen Fenech’s murder trial, as jurors heard the businessman’s claims about a private conversation he said he had with Muscat during the event. The claims emerged from recordings of Fenech’s police interrogation following his arrest in
Yorgen Fenech told police following his arrest in November 2019 that Keith Schembri was behind the plot to assassinate Daphne Caruana Galizia, while naming former prime minister Joseph Muscat, Adrian Vella and Johann Cremona as people he claimed knew about it. The claims emerged as jurors watched footage of Fenech's four-hour police interrogation,
Yorgen Fenech told police he felt threatened and blackmailed by Melvin Theuma, recalling an incident in which Theuma allegedly collected his wife and children from the airport and later sent him a photograph with the message: “What beautiful children you have.” During Fenech’s 2019 interrogation, Inspector Kurt Zahra questioned him about why he continued