The compilation of evidence against three men charged with Daphne Caruana Galizia's murder continued briefly on Thursday morning.
A report formulated by Inspector Antoine Cilia, including information on Daphne Caruana Galizia’s car and photos from the crime scene, was presented to court. Cilia, responding to a question by defence lawyer Martin Fenech, said he was the only person with access to the photos.
A virtual 3D model of the crime scene, created by criminologist Saviour Formosa, was then shown to the court, which had previously asked for such a model to be created.
Alex Smith from the Explosives Ordinance Unit told the court he had checked the crime scene for a second bomb on the day of the murder, and had re-visited it the next day for more searches. No explosives were found.
Joseph Bondin, also from the bomb disposal unit, said he had searched, together with Europol, a farmhouse in Mosta which had some connections to one of the accused, but nothing was discovered.
The magistrate was then informed that various witnesses were not present for the sitting.
Inspector Keith Arnaud - who earlier presented a sentence for Alfred Degiorgio, showing he was a relapser - could not explain their absence, given their reports had not been completed.
In light of this, the magistrate adjourned the case till May 22, when agents from the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation involved in the case will be testifying.
George Degiorgio, his brother Alfred Degiorgio, and Vincent Muscat, were arrested last December and charged with the journalist's murder. They are pleading not guilty.
Last week the court heard how a cigarette butt collected from Bidnija and cigarette butts taken from the Marsa potato shed where the arrests were made matched with Alfred Degiorgio’s DNA.
The cigarette butt was found at the vantage point from which it is believed that the spotter for the bombers was observing the victim.
It also emerged that the Cyber crime unit was unable to retrieve data from the SD card and GoPro when Armed Forces retrieved SIM cards and phones from the seabed in Marsa.