Prostitute tells court of men covered in blood

A prostitute heard a male colleague screaming in pain but left with a client before returning to find his murderers covered in blood, a court heard yesterday. Karen Rapinett said in court that Faical Mahouachi, 46, of Tunisia and 42-year-old Ismael Habesh, of Libya, killed Simon Grech in a dispute over drugs. The two have been charged with murdering Mr Grech on April 5, 2005. Ms Rapinett said that as she heard the victim screaming in pain, a client turned up and she left the scene only to return to find the accused covered in blood. The men then threatened her, warning she would end up like the victim if she spoke about the incident. Mr Grech was found on April 13 at about 4pm lying on his back amid a carpet of wild marigolds in a field situated near the roundabout known as Is-Salib tal-Marsa adjacent to the HSBC Bank. The body would have been impossible to spot from the road because the field is so overgrown. Mr Grech’s body was found in an advanced state of decomposition by members of the vice squad during one of the searches conducted by the police following his disappearance. Ms Rapinett told the court that the men were loitering in front of a bank in Marsa, waiting to pick up...