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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 accused of supplying the bomb used to blow up Caruana Galizia. Degiorgio is being charged in separate proceedings with having committed that murder together with two others.
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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 information that led to the arraignment of alleged bomb-makers Adrian and Robert Agius ‘tal-Maksar’, and associate Jamie Vella.
George and Alfred Degiorgio asked the Court to recognise that the Cabinet abused of its power when it refused them a pardon.
MaltaMalteseRobert-agiusMelvin-theumaJamie-vellaWilliam-cuschieriCorinne-vellaDaphne-caruana-galiziaChris-cardonaJason-azzopardiCaruana-galiziaCarmelo-abelaA 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 Chircop's 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 Chircop's murder while George Degiorgio and Jamie Vella are charged with carrying out the hit. They deny the charges.
The witness was passing by the garage complex on John Borg Street, Birkirkara at around 6.55am when he met a friend, who told him they had heard four shots.
MaltaBirkirkaraAnthony-vellaKeith-arnaudCaruana-galiziaMarc-santShawn-pawneyAdrian-agiusAugustine-grixtiGeorge-degiorgioRobert-agiusGeorge-camilleriAn associate of Yorgen Fenech "knew everything from A to Z" about Daphne Caruana Galizia's assassination, the murder middleman testified on Thursday.
Johann Cremona, who has not been charged in connection with the crime, was described as "Yorgen's postman" by Melvin Theuma.
Melvin Theuma was testifying in the compilation of evidence against Robert Agius, Adrian Agius, Jamie Vella and George Degiorgio who are accused of supplying the device that was detonated by remote control on October 16, 2017 to kill Caruana Galizia.
The group also face charges of killing lawyer Carmel Chircop in 2015.
"He knew everything, from A to Z. He knew that Yorgen was the mastermind, that the bomb was planted by three hitmen and that I was the messenger. He knew it all," Theuma told the court during an animated and often angry testimony.
MaltaMsidaImsidaKeith-arnaudMarc-santCaruana-galiziaShawn-pawneyTherese-comodiniAdrian-agiusJosephine-bugejaGeorge-degiorgioGeorge-camilleriAn excerpt from a classified intelligence report about a criminal gang linked to the execution of Daphne Caruana Galizia has been found by investigators on murder suspect Yorgen Fenech’s phone, sources have said.
Information was exchanged between Europol and the Maltese authorities in a bid to bolster investigations into the suspected gang and identify gaps in intelligence about their criminal activities.
A photograph from a section of the report, naming gang members suspected to have supplied and planted the bomb used to murder the journalist, was sent to Fenech in March 2019, the source said.
Vince Muscat
The report identified brothers Alfred and George Degiorgio, Maksar brothers Adrian and Robert Agius, their associate Jamie Vella and self-confessed murderer Vince Muscat as all forming part of the same criminal gang.
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