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Convicted fraudster Julian Hofstra, read an excerpt of a recording he claimed to have of Daphne Caruana Galizia murder middleman Melvin Theuma to a police officer investigating an alleged leak from the police data system, a court was told on Tuesday. The information was given during testimony by Superintendent James Grech, in the compilation of evidence against Inspector Elton Taliana, who has been suspended from the corps on half-pay since January, for allegedly leaking personal data about Hofstra to lawyer Charles Mercieca, one of Fenech’s defence team. The inspector denies the claims. In February the police denied reports that they had offered immunity from prosecution to the Dutchman, who claims to have evidence on the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia. They denied offering Hofstra some form of legal immunity in return for recordings of Melvin Theuma. ....
Thumbprint links accused to Sliema double murder, court told Jesper Kristiansen s thumbprint was found on the getaway vehicle in the murder of Christian Pandolfino and Ivor Maciejowski 30 April 2021, 2:25pm by Matthew Agius Jesper Kristiansen’s thumbprint was found on the Volkswagen Tiguan used as a getaway vehicle in the murder of Christian Pandolfino and Ivor Maciejowski, a court has been told. The two victims were shot dead at their home in Locker Street, Sliema on 18 August 2020, in what is believed to be a botched burglary. This would appear to be the first physical forensic link between Kristiansen and the cold-blooded murder. ....
Updated 12.44pm Some readers may find descriptions in the testimony below disturbing. A Bidnija resident recalled the horror of seeing and hearing Daphne Caruana Galizia being blown up inside her car in October 2017 when he testified in court on Tuesday. Francis Sant was driving home from Tarġa Gap at 3 pm on October 16 of that year when he noticed something was wrong with a car heading in his direction. The person inside the car seemed to be panicking, he recalled. “ I heard a small bang, like fireworks. Then I heard a piercing scream,” Sant told the court. That was followed by an explosion, as the small white car came hurtling “in a ball of fire”, just metres away from his. ....