Michelle Muscat and former OPM security guard Kenneth Camilleri have both stated that Keith Schembri's account in his testimony, where he said that Camilleri's holstered gun once fired a sudden, accidental gunshot in Castille whilst he was standing next to the former Prime Minister's wife - never happened.
Last week, on Day 26 of the Yorgen Fenech's trial in Daphne Caruana Galizia's assassination, ex chief of staff Keith Schembri was testifying in court when he recounted how, once, Camilleri's gun unexpectedly went off while he was standing next to Michelle Muscat at Castille.
Schembri told the court that he did not like how Camilleri walked around Castille with his gun holster on, before speaking of this account. This prompted the defence's lawyer, Giannella De Marco, to state that Schembri had never reported this incident, which Schembri admitted afterwards.
According to Times of Malta, both Michelle Muscat and Kenneth Camilleri have denied that this episode ever took place.
The wife of former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat answered the newsroom's questions by noting that "No such incident ever took place in [her] presence."
"I am aware that there was a case where someone dropped a firearm in my vicinity, but no shots were fired," Muscat told Times of Malta.
Camilleri also refuted Schembri's account.
Schembri had testified that Camilleri's gun accidentally fired after he had bent over inside Castille and that he had reprimanded Camilleri, cautioning him that he'd lose his job if such an incident had to repeat itself.
In his responses, Camilleri told Times of Malta that he was obliged as one of the Prime Minister's security guards to carry his firearm on his person, on the job.
He added that while serving as one of PM Muscat's bodyguards, Schembri, as OPM chief of staff at the time, had assigned him to sensitive security missions in the country and abroad.
During this testimony last week, Schembri mentioned that he and Camilleri did not get along and barely spoke, contrasting Schembri's described relationship with Joseph Muscat's other six security guards.
Schembri also accused Camilleri of committing perjury earlier in this trial, while taking the witness stand himself.