Police sought AG's advice on investigating claims of perjury by Melvin Theuma

The police sought advice from the attorney general on whether to investigate claims by Yorgen Fenech of perjury by Melvin Theuma in the Daphne Caruana Galizia murder case, a court was told on Thursday. The advice they were given was not to investigate 'at this stage'.

Fenech is awaiting trial for the murder of Caruana Galizia, with Theuma, the self-confessed murder plot middleman expected to be the key witness. He has already testified in the compilation of evidence. 

 Fenech is challenging the police commissioner to prosecute Theuma over “half-truths” and “blatant lies” during that testimony.

Fenech’s lawyers had originally filed a criminal complaint last October,  calling upon the police commissioner to investigate Theuma for alleged perjury.

When no action was taken, they filed proceedings challenging the police commissioner to take criminal action.

When those challenge proceedings continued on Thursday, Superintendent Victor Aquilina testified that after receiving Fenech’s complaint (kwerela) together with a USB containing secret voice recordings done by Theuma, the police had sought advice from the Attorney General as to how to proceed.

“Every case is sensitive. But this...