Murder trial: Sion Grech wanted Ismael Habesh 'all for herself' jurors hear

Sion Grech was “very jealous” of one of the men now accused of her murder,  telling friends that she wanted him for herself but that his wife was warning him not to leave, a court heard on Thursday.

Details about the murder victim in those final hours before she went missing in April 2005 surfaced on the fourth day at the trial of Ismael Habesh and Faical Mohouachi who deny wilful homicide.

Grech's body was discovered in a Marsa field, in an area where she used to loiter for prostitution, days after she was reported missing by her parents.

Alexia Gatt said she saw Grech about an hour and a half before she went missing.

Sion Grech in an image shared in the media when she was declared missing.

She also knew Habesh, explaining that Grech used to refer to him as “her partner.”

The two had been together for quite some time and their relationship seemed to be “okay,” said Gatt.

“She always spoke well about him and only complained because she wanted him for himself.”

Describing Grech as “very jealous” because of the fact that Habesh was married, the witness recalled an incident when Grech had asked her to go along with her “somewhere at Hamrun” for a verbal face-off with Habesh’s...