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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 after Fenech made his latest bail request - the eighth since he was arraigned in November 2019. The ...
Magistrate strikes down Adrian Agius's 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 supplying the bomb that was used to kill Daphne Caruana Galizia, while Degiorgio and Adrian Agius have ...
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 what was a daring heist on the HSBC security vault in Qormi. Theuma’s role in the heist is incl...
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 in the town where the officer spent his working days. On that off-day, Scicluna was out shopping whe...