Murder suspect Yorgen Fenech was taken to court on Thursday to file a constitutional case against the authorities, including the chief investigator in the Daphne Caruana Galizia murder case.
The court was opened with urgency as Mr Fenech, who was accompanied by his lawyers and a police, escort had to be present in court to take an oath in connection with the case.
Mr Fenech earlier asked the police commissioner to remove chief homicide inspector Keith Arnaud from the investigation arguing that he has close ties with the Prime Minister’s former chief of staff Keith Schembri.
The claim was strongly dismissed by the police who said Insp. Arnaud has already delivered results in the murder probe and pointed out that Europol were also involved in the process.
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The court application was filed against the police commission, the attorney general, the Home Affairs Minister and Mr Arnaud.
Mr Fenech said he did not feel it was right that Mr Arnaud continued to investigate the case for a number of reasons. He said that according to information he had received from Mr Schembri, Mr Arnaud had asked...
