Lawyer is third to be named in Dalli probe

A lawyer who lectures in EU economic law is involved in the local Dalligate police investigation, The Times has learnt. Gayle Kimberley from Sliema is the lawyer who represented snus manufacturer Swedish Match in Malta during meetings at the heart of the cash-for-influence scandal involving former European Commissioner John Dalli and former Sliema deputy mayor Silvio Zammit. Speaking in Parliament on Monday evening, the Prime Minister pointed out there were three people involved in the local probe. The Times is reliably informed these are Mr Dalli, Mr Zammit and Dr Kimberley. Repeated attempts to contact the lawyer through phone calls and text messages proved unsuccessful. The former Gaming Authority lawyer was effectively the whistleblower in this case, according to Swedish Match. However, police will be looking into how she first made contact with Mr Dalli, sources have told The Times. In a detailed chronology of events reported in The Sunday Times, the company said the lawyer reported to them that Mr Zammit had asked for a bribe in return for Mr Dalli lifting of a European ban on snus, a smokeless tobacco that can only be sold in Sweden under EU law. The request was allegedly...