Businessman was ‘preparing champagne’ to celebrate Caruana Galizia murder, court hears
A court in Malta is hearing testimony regarding the 2017 murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. A key witness claims that businessman Yorgen Fenech, who is accused of orchestrating the killing, was impatient for the hit to be carried out.
Why it matters
This case is a landmark trial concerning the assassination of a journalist and the intersection of high-level business and political corruption.
Melvin Theuma, centre, pictured in 2019, says he acted as a middleman in a plot to murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. Melvin Theuma, centre, pictured in 2019, says he acted as a middleman in a plot to murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. Daphne Caruana Galizia Businessman was ‘preparing champagne’ to celebrate Caruana Galizia murder, court hears A taxi driver says he acted as middleman between Yorgen Fenech and three men already convicted of carrying out the €150,000 contract killing
Prefer the Guardian on Google The businessman accused of paying for hitmen to murder journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia was impatient for the killing to take place, and once texted from his boat to say he was “preparing champagne” to celebrate, a jury in Malta has heard.
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