https://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20190307/local/live-contested-witness-expected-to-testify-in-caruana-galizia-murder.703819
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Three men accused of killing Daphne Caruana Galizia were back in court on Thursday morning, as the compilation of evidence against them resumed. A contested IT expert was the main witness.
Highlights from Thursday's case:
- Devices used were never used again after the bomb was sparked.
- Thousands of phone calls were analysed, but two particular numbers stood out at the moment of the explosion.
- Defence lawyers demanded to know if there had been any threats made to Daphne Caruana Galizia on her phone call profiles - despite a court order which said those logs should be protected.
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11.02am: The case has been adjourned to April 12.
10.57am: The IT expert insists that he can only tell the court that there was a communication between two devices but not who was behind each device, and who made the call. Dr Bajada's testimony is over.
10.40am: Lawyers from the prosecution and defence are engaging in a verbal ping pong over safeguarding the rights of their clients. Each accuses the other side of raising their voices.
10.37am: If you're catching up with us now, Martin Bajada, an IT expert who analysed the phone data after the car bomb, is on the witness stand giving testimony. His testimony is being challenged by defence lawyer William Cuschieri.
10.33am: Dr Bajada says that before the arraignment of the three men, a cloned phone had not been fully analysed. He says he now has the full information but since the magisterial inquiry is still underway he cannot reveal the information.
10.23am: Lawyer Cuschieri challenges Dr Bajada to say whether his sources were journalistic in nature. Magistrate warns Dr Cuschieri not to put questions which could breach a court ban.
Lawyer Therese Comodini Cachia intervenes making reference to decree given by Magistrate Anthony Vella to protect Caruana Galizia’s sources, following a case filed by the Institute of Maltese journalists in late October 2017.
10.21am: "Could you say with moral certainty that that message set off the bomb," lawyer asks.
"I never said that and it was not my brief to determine that," Bajada replies in a calm tone at the witness stand.
"I never said that GPS is illegal or that a GPS set off the bomb. I am not an investigator. My brief was to analyse facts."
10.15am: The devices were used on three dates - on January 10, 2017, in August and on the day of the bombing. The SMS sent on the day of the car bomb was linked to the Bidnija antenna.
10.09am: The IT expert says that at the specific moment when the bomb was sparked a particular device was used. It was a Nokia 105 communicating with the other device. He reached this conclusion through call profiles analysis.
10.07am: Dr Bajada says he checked all the phone calls made at the time of the explosion. Thousands of phone calls were analysed, but two particular numbers stood out at the moment of the explosion, the IT expert says.
Here is a list of the previous coverage regarding the Daphne Caruana Galizia murder:
https://ltvfye.blogspot.com/2018/10/367-disciplinary-action-against.html
https://ltvfye.blogspot.com/2018/10/90-113-463-617-more-witnesses-testify.html
https://ltvfye.blogspot.com/2017/10/36-63-52-73-121-car-bomb-kills.html
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