Former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat was the “important person” Keith Schembri referred to during his testimony in Yorgen Fenech’s trial, MaltaToday has reported, as details previously subject to reporting restrictions emerge following the conclusion of the 55-day trial.During Schembri’s testimony, the court imposed a media ban on Muscat’s name when the former OPM chief of staff spoke about being contacted ahead of his testimony in Fenech’s compilation of evidence.According to MaltaToday’s report, Schembri was referring to Muscat when he told jurors that an “important person” had informed him that Yorgen Fenech’s defence lawyers wanted to meet him.This allegedly happened just two days before Schembri was due to testify in Fenech’s compilation of evidence.At the time, media outlets covering the trial were unable to identify the person because of the court-imposed publication ban.The revelation is among several details that were subject to reporting restrictions during proceedings.Another concerned a survey commissioned by Fenech’s uncle, Ray Fenech, ahead of the trial, which sought to gauge public sentiment towards Fenech and Daphne Caruana Galizia.According to MaltaToday, Fenech’s defence lawyers helped pollster Vincent Marmarà formulate questions for the survey. Judge Edwina Grima rebuked the defence over the exercise because the list of prospective jurors had already been published.Parte civile lawyer Jason Azzopardi has since claimed that the names of people contacted for the survey matched names on the prospective jurors list. Marmarà has denied that potential jurors were targeted, saying the telephone numbers were generated using a random number generator.Defence lawyer Charles Mercieca also told MaltaToday that prospective jurors were asked under oath before the trial whether they had participated in any survey, and none said they had.Other information kept from jurors included Fenech’s requests for a presidential pardon. While there was no publication ban on the requests themselves, the court instructed witnesses not to mention them in front of the jury.Reporting was also temporarily restricted during site visits connected to the murder investigation, with live coverage suspended to protect the security of jurors, witnesses and the accused.Fenech was found not guilty of complicity in the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia and conspiracy to murder her earlier this week, following a jury verdict of eight votes to one on both charges.•