Melvin Theuma’s lawyers had only learnt through media reports about a criminal complaint filed against him by Yorgen Fenech and were still to get a copy of that legal document, a court was told. The legal duel between the self-confessed middleman and alleged accomplice in the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia continued on Tuesday when Theuma returned to court, challenging the police commissioner to prosecute Fenech for calumny and moral violence in his regard. Tuesday’s opening session followed hot on the heels of a similar hearing on Thursday, when Magistrate Nadine Lia presided over a first hearing in parallel proceedings filed by Fenech, challenging the police commissioner to prosecute the middleman for perjury. Both cases, though separate, stem from a flurry of judicial acts filed last October when both players in the Caruana Galizia murder case filed criminal complaints against each other at the Valletta police station, followed up by challenge applications calling for criminal action against each other. Last Thursday, Fenech’s challenge kicked off before Magistrate Lia who pointed out that in such proceedings the court does not enter into the merits but simply determines...
