Yorgen Fenech has filed a constitutional case to remove chief homicide inspector Keith Arnaud from the investigation into the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia.

The court had to be opened urgently tonight to listen to Fenech, who was guarded by a heavy police escort, take an oath in relation to the case.

Fenech, who is a main suspect in the case, is insisting that Arnaud be removed from the investigation on the grounds of his alleged close ties with the Prime Minister’s former chief of staff Keith Schembri, whom Fenech is now implicating.

He has accused Arnaud of having kept Schembri continuously informed of updates into the investigation. Fenech said that when he was arrested on 20th November, Arnaud told him to “be responsible” in his words. He also claimed that Schembri had helped Arnaud’s wife land a job as a clerical officer at Infrastructure Malta on 14th January 2019.

Police Commissioner Laurence Cutajar has turned down these claims and Infrastructure Malta has denied that there was anything untoward in the way Arnaud’s wife was hired.