Tag: Court
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MeDirect’s bad debts exposed in judicial protest
A judicial protest filed this week has exposed MeDirect Bank’s bad debts in its loan book, while also raising questions over the disclosures made by the bank in connection with its latest €30 million bond issue. MeDirect is a recent entrant to the Maltese market. The bank was founded in Malta in 2004 as Mediterranean…
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Ghanaian man pleads not guilty to femicide of Miriam Azzopardi
A 34-year-old Ghanaian man has pleaded not guilty to the femicide of Miriam Azzopardi, whose body was discovered in a field in Marsa on Wednesday morning. Isaac Asare was arraigned before Magistrate Astrid May Grima on Friday, two days after Azzopardi was found dead beneath trees in a field in Triq is-Salib, Marsa. The 47-year-old…
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The government’s candidate? Leonard Caruana’s rapid rise in the Judiciary
The promotion of Magistrate Leonard Caruana to Judge raises serious suspicions of government’s interference in the Judicial selection process. A Judge in Malta is selected through the Judicial Appointments Committee, a subcommittee of the Commission for the Administration of Justice, and is formally appointed by the President of Malta. The Judicial Appointments Committee is currently…
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Leonard Caruana and Elaine Rizzo appointed Judges
President Myriam Spiteri Debono has appointed Magistrates Leonard Caruana and Elaine Rizzo as Judges of the Superior Courts following a selection process carried out by the Judicial Appointments Committee. The appointments follow a public call issued by Justice Minister Clifton Grima in July, which attracted 21 eligible candidates. For the first vacancy, the Committee shortlisted…
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Attorney-General files appeal on Yorgen Fenech’s verdict based on points of law
Earlier today the Attorney-General has filed their appeal in Court against the Court’s verdict of Yorgen Fenech freeing him conspiracy to commit murder and collusion with a criminal network. The appeal is very extensive and includes multiple contestations on points of law include contestations against a series of decision taken by the Judge, and a long…
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UPDATED: Jurors of Yorgen Fenech’s jury arrested by the Police
UPDATED: The Police issued a statement and said that the jurors have been arrested over comments made online. They denied further details that came out in other press outlets describing them as speculation. We have more details about the case which will be issuing in the coming days. End of update. The Police have arrested…
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The Judge who didn’t want the people to know
During the course of Yorgen Fenech’s trial, we were very mild and cautious with criticism of the Judge overseeing the trial. Throughout the whole trial, Judge Edwina Grima consistently sided with the defence on points of law, chided the Prosecutor, and issued a series of very bizarre decisions favouring the defence and the accused, such…
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Yorgen Fenech not guilty of conspiring and facilitating the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia
UPDATED: The family of Daphne Caruana Galizia has issued a statement following the verdict. They said that, had Daphne not been murdered, she would have exposed the links between Yorgen Fenech, then-Energy Minister Konrad Mizzi and the Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff over payments they were to receive through Fenech’s company, 17 Black. They added…
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Apprehension in Valletta
There is a widespread feeling of apprehension as jurors deliberate behind closed doors in Court on the verdict in Yorgen Fenech’s trial. Yorgen Fenech is facing life imprisonment over charges of facilitating and commissioning the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia. It is a trial concerning the murder of a journalist that subsequently caused the largest…
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Yorgen Fenech’s trial comes to a close: here is what he risks on the charges
Yorgen Fenech‘s trial over the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia is entering its final stage, with Madam Justice Edwina Grima currently summing up the case for the jury. Both the prosecution and the defence have concluded their submissions following more than 50 days of proceedings. The judge is now taking jurors through the evidence…
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TMH’s story about Svetlana Muscat and Yorgen Fenech in prison comes up during testimony in Court today
It was a very interesting morning in Court today during the Prosecutor’s cross-examination of Yorgen Fenech in his trial. The Prosecutor questioned Yorgen Fenech about his intimate relationship with former Prison Head of Strategy Svetlana Muscat, a story which we were the first to break here. The Judge interrupted the Prosecutor’s questioning, disallowing him from…
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Prince Harry ordered to pay £9.5 million in legal costs after losing Court case against Daily Mail publisher
Prince Harry was ordered to pay £9.5 million after losing a landmark Court case against the Daily Mail publisher, Associated Newspapers over allegations of unlawful information gathering. The payment must be made by August 28 and represents only an interim contribution towards Associated Newspapers’ legal costs, meaning the final bill could be significantly higher. Prince…