Dalligate - Witness reveals she had lunch with OLAF investigator after interrogation

The OLAF investigator in the John Dalli case, Giovanni Kessler, had warned Gayle Kimberley, the lawyer representing Swedish Match in Malta to be 'very afraid' of Mr Dalli and his former canvasser Silvio Zammit. Mr Kessler told her that he was Italian, and he knew how things worked. The warning was revealed in court by Dr Kimberley herself as she continued to testify in the case against Mr Zammit, who stands accused of trading in influence and demanding €60 million to bring about changes in EU tobacco rules to allow EU-wide trading of snus smokeless tobacco. Dr Kimberley also revealed that after she was interrogated for seven hours by Dr Kessler and another investigator in Portugal, Dr Kessler took her out of the room and they went to have lunch together. During today's sitting, Dr Kimberley said that after she and Johann Gabrielson, a representative of snus-maker Swedish Match, had a meeting with Mr Zammit, Mr Gabrielson told her that he intended to inform the company of the €60 million request which Mr Zammit made. Later, he informed her that that the company had refused the offer. She said that Mr Gabrielson called her in March and told her he had heard that Mr Zammit was...