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Melvin Theuma, the self-confessed go-between in the car bombing of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, is expected to conclude his testimony against murder accus

State witness Melvin Theuma is testifying in the compilation of evidence against Yorgen Fenech on Tuesday The wealthy businessman is accused of conspiring to murder journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in a car bomb on October 16, 2017. Earlier a Europol expert took to the stand. It is not the first time the EU law enforcement agency has testified in the case - last year its data extraction experts testified about data from what was dubbed Operation Blue Elephant.   The sitting comes weeks af...

Magistrate strikes down Adrian Agiuss request for bail The seriousness of the offence provided enough ground to refuse bail outright 25 May 2021, 4:52pm by Matthew Agius A court has denied bail to Adrian Agius, one of the tal-Maksar brothers, who stands accused of the murder of lawyer Carmel Chircop, dismissing arguments made by his legal team. Agius was charged alongside his brother Robert, George Degiorgio and Jamie Vella earlier this year. Robert Agius and Jamie Vella stand accused of supp...

Theuma pardon includes 2010 HSBC heist Middleman was granted pardon for a host of other major crimes, among them to provide information on the 2010 HSBC heist  23 May 2021, 8:50am by Matthew Vella The middleman in the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia was granted a pardon for what could have been an indirect role in the heist of the HSBC bank in 2010.  Melvin Theuma is believed to have put up one of his properties as a safehouse for the men involved in the shoot-out with police, in w...

Updated 12.30pm A senior police officer had overheard lawyer Carmel Chircop in a heated conversation on his mobile days before he was gunned down, a court heard on Tuesday. Emanuel Scicluna, a sergeant major stationed at the Birkirkara police station at the time of Chircop’s murder in 2015, testified about his chance encounter with the lawyer while on his way to a shopping mall in Sliema on a Saturday morning.  Scicluna knew Chircop by sight since the lawyer was the president of a band club ...

It was heralded as Australia’s next great technology company, but a joint investigation has revealed questions about Nuix’s governance and financial accounts were raised well before its stock market listing last year.

It was the hottest IPO of 2020, before missed forecasts sent its stock into a rapid plunge. But Nuix’s chequered history serves a reality check.

The case against Ta’ Maksar brothers Adrian and Robert Agius and two of their associates refocuses on their alleged role in the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia when the case resumes on Wednesday morning.  Prosecutors will summon witnesses to that 2017 murder, one day after a court heard from an eyewitness in the 2015 murder of lawyer Carmel Chircop. The two Agius brothers, Jamie Vella and George Degiorgio face charges related to both those murders.  Robert Agius and Vella stand ...

Degiorgios file Constitutional case over refusal of pardon in Daphne murder Triggerman-duo in Caruana Galizia assassination filed constitutional case claiming refusal of pardon on murder was abuse of power 11 May 2021, 9:59am by Matthew Vella The two brothers are accused of having executed the assassination of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia by car bomb, on 16 October 2017. Another accomplice, Vince Muscat ‘il-Koħħu’, has pleaded guilty in return for a reduced 15-year sentence and info...

A neighbour of Carmel Chircop has described how he found the lawyer lying dead in his garage doorway with two gun shots in his body.  Augustine Grixti said that Chircops hand was cold to the touch but still moveable. Grixti was testifying in the the compilation of evidence against four men linked to the murders of Chircop in October 8, 2015 and journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia two years later.  Adrian Agius is accused of commissioning Chircops murder while George Degiorgio and Jamie Vella ar...