The trial by jury of businessman Yorgen Fenech has entered its 31st day, with more witnesses expected to continue testifying before Madam Justice Edwina Grima.

Tuesday's sitting saw jurors shown a series of messages extracted from Fenech's mobile phone, including personal Signal conversations between the businessman and former deputy police commissioner Silvio Valletta, who at the time was leading the Daphne Caruana Galizia murder investigation.

The court also heard evidence relating to messages exchanged with self-confessed middleman Melvin Theuma and emails recovered from Fenech's laptop, while Wood testified about the events leading up to Fenech's arrest at sea in November 2019.

More witnesses are expected to testify as proceedings resume Wednesday morning.

Yorgen Fenech, a businessman, has pleaded not guilty to two principal charges: complicity in the wilful homicide of Daphne Caruana Galizia and criminal association to commit the murder.

Caruana Galizia, a columnist with The Malta Independent, was killed in a car bomb on 16 October 2017.

Five men have already been convicted in connection with Caruana Galizia's assassination. Vince Muscat admitted his role in the murder in 2021 and was sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment. Alfred and George Degiorgio each received 40-year prison sentences after pleading guilty in 2022, while Robert Agius and Jamie Vella were sentenced to life imprisonment in 2025 for supplying the bomb used in the attack.

The prosecution is being led by Attorney General lawyers Godwin Cini, Anthony Vella and Danika Vella, assisted by Assistant Commissioner Keith Arnaud and Inspector Kurt Zahra. Fenech is represented by lawyers Charles Mercieca, Gianella DeMarco and Gianluca Caruana Curran, while lawyers Therese Comodini Cachia and Jason Azzopardi are appearing parte civile on behalf of the Caruana Galizia family.

Judge Edwina Grima is presiding.

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10:14 Three psychiatrists- Dr Jean Pierre Grech, Dr Arthur Felice and Dr George Debono - testify jointly about their assessment of Melvin Theuma's mental state following his suicide attempt.

The psychiatrists tell the court they were tasked with determining whether Theuma was mentally fit to testify.

They examined him on two occasions, on 20 November 2020 and 4 January 2021, while he was receiving psychological care and medication.

According to the doctors, Theuma told them he had never suffered from mental health problems before Daphne Caruana Galizia's murder, despite knowing what was going to happen.

However, after the assassination, he said he realised the gravity of what he had done, telling them: "My eyes were opened. I realised what I had done."

The psychiatrists say Theuma told them he drafted a will leaving everything to his partner because he believed he was going to die.

He also said that the day after the murder he went to Yorgen Fenech and told him, "They're going to catch us. I'm going to lose everything, including my son."

According to the testimony, Fenech gave him anti-anxiety medication to calm him down, after which he began taking the medication together with whisky.

The doctors further testify that Theuma spoke of repeatedly contemplating suicide, including by jumping off a roof or drinking a toxic liquid, but said he always stopped himself after thinking about his son.

They also tell the court that Theuma said he personally paid the Degiorgio brothers €300 each per week because he feared they would expose him and was concerned Yorgen Fenech would believe he was keeping the money for himself.

09:57 Nancy Zammit confirms the transcripts she prepared from audiovisual recordings of Keith Schembri's statements.

She presents copies of the transcripts to the court before concluding her testimony.

Neither the defence nor the jurors have any questions for the witness.

09:54 Judge Grima, the jurors and witness Nancy Zammit re-enter the courtroom as proceedings resume after a technical issue is resolved.

09:29 The technical issue affecting the court's recording system has yet to be resolved, forcing proceedings to remain suspended.

Judge Grima informs the court that the sitting will resume once the recording system is fully operational.

09:26 Nancy Zammit is called as the day's first witness.

Zammit is the person who transcribed Keith Schembri's statement.

Before she begins testifying, proceedings are briefly interrupted due to a technical issue with the court's recording system.

09:25 The jurors now enter the courtroom as proceedings continue before Madam Justice Edwina Grima.

09:18 Before the jurors enter the courtroom, Madam Justice Edwina Grima hears a legal issue concerning the publication of  a video that had also been exhibited in court. The video is that of ex-police chief Silvio Valletta posing in a white Rolls Royce as Yorgen Fenech films him.

Prosecutor Anthony Vella informs the court that he was made aware yesterday that the video had been circulated in the media.

Madam Justice Grima, however, states that once evidence is heard and exhibited in open court, it is no longer private, adding that this is also provided for by law.

09:00 Welcome to our live coverage of day 31 of the trial by jury against Yorgen Fenech. Proceedings are expected to start soon.