Melvin Theuma felt 'trapped' as he channelled funds to hitmen in prison
Melvin Theuma, the self-confessed middleman in the Daphne Caruana Galizia murder, testified on Monday how he felt trapped as he served as the go-between to fund George and Alfred Degiorgio, currently in prison awaiting trial for the murder.
Theuma was testifying as the main witness in proceedings against Mario Degiorgio, eldest brother of George and Alfred.
Mario Degiorgio was arraigned under arrest last week and charged with money laundering and blackmail. He pleaded not guilty.
Theuma testified that he never disclosed his middleman’s role in the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia to Mario Degiorgio, but handed him money for his brothers in jail (from alleged mastermind Yorgen Fenech) because he felt threatened.
He never gave away Yorgen Fenech's name.
Theuma testified that after the murder, he never heard from the alleged hitmen until their arrest in December 2017, two months after the Bidnija explosion.
But following their arrest and arraignment, he began to hand over monies and food to the men behind bars.
Initially, he did so through a third party known as “il-Lolly,” but later got to know the Degiorgios’ brother, Mario, who began to hand him messages from his brothers in...