Instead of approaching George Degiorgio, Theuma said he contacted Alfred Degiorgio, whom he already knew. A few days later, Theuma said Fenech called him to Portomaso before leaving on a trip abroad. "Yorgen told me she liked to go to a café in Naxxar and a restaurant in Rabat. Asked why he believed that could happen, Theuma replied: "Yorgen Fenech is a lion. Vella confirmed telling investigators that Yorgen Fenech had repeatedly said he expected Keith Schembri to help him and that "if we go down, we go down together."