Caruana Galizia files application to preserve mobile phone data in FKK Acapulco libel case

Updated 11.45am - Added PL statement Lawyers for blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia have filed an urgent court application to preserve mobile phone records relating to a minister and his assistant, in a libel case over an alleged visit to a German brothel.  The case against Ms Caruana Galizia was filed by Economy Minister Chris Cardona and his assistant Joe Gerada, after the blogger alleged that the two had visited the FKK Acapulco brothel while in Germany on government business.  Both men deny the allegations and have insisted that they never strayed from Essen, which is some 20km away from the brothel in Velbert.  As part of the case, mobile phone company representatives are expected to testify on Transferred Account Procedure files which can shed light on calls and messages made by both the minister and Dr Gerada while in Germany. Such TAP files are, according to international standards and protocols, stored only for 6 months, after which period they are cleared by the Home Public Mobile Network (HPMN). Ms Caruana Galizia's lawyers have now asked the court to order the local service providers, namely Vodafone, Go and Melita, to declare whether they provided any mobile telephone...