Melvin Theuma.<\/a><\/p>\nTheuma claims he was the \u201cmiddleman\u201d between Fenech and the assassins, gangster brothers George and Alfred Degiorgio, and their associate, Vince Muscat.<\/p>\n
Theuma was granted immunity from prosecution for his role in the murder in return for testifying against his coconspirators. He told police Fenech was the \u201cmastermind\u201d of the plot.<\/p>\n
Until his arrest, Fenech was CEO of the Tumas Group, one of Malta\u2019s biggest employers. It owns the Qawra Oracle Casino and the Portomaso Casino, as well as the portomasolive.com online gaming website. Fenech remains a major shareholder in the group.<\/strong><\/p>\nBlatant Lies<\/strong><\/h2>\nOn Thursday, a magistrate\u2019s court in capital Valetta met to consider a complaint filed by Fenech\u2019s legal team.<\/p>\n
His lawyers claim police failed to act on their request to investigate Theuma for perjury. They argue his testimony was riddled with \u201chalf-truths,\u201d \u201cblatant lies\u201d and his implication of their client in the plot was \u201ctotal fabrication.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Times of Malta<\/em> reports that they cite \u201cextracts from testimonies and secret voice recordings,\u201d and plan to introduce three witnesses to testify at the proceedings.<\/p>\nTheuma\u2019s lawyers have filed their own application for police to take criminal action against Fenech for calumny and moral violence against their client.<\/p>\n
In July 2020, Theuma was found in a critical condition with stab wounds to the neck and abdomen. Police believe he turned a knife on himself in an apparent suicide attempt.<\/p>\n
The Times<\/em> reports the court will reconvene next month to hear evidence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Maltese casino owner awaiting trial for the murder the journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia wants the man who put him in the dock to be prosecuted for perjury. Yorgen Fenech is accused of ordering Caruana Galizia\u2019s 2017 assassination by car bomb, an event that made headlines around the world. Meanwhile, Fenech\u2019s alleged involvement in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":198196,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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