Malta court acquits businessman of car bomb murder of anti-corruption journalist

Un tribunale maltese assolve un uomo d’affari dall’accusa di omicidio con autobomba ai danni di un giornalista anticorruzione


Armed police officers provide security during a court on-site visit to the hitmen’s hideout during the trial of alleged mastermind Yorgen Fenech, accused of conspiracy to murder journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in 2017, in Marsa, Malta, August 14, 2026. R (Reuters)

VALLETTA, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Maltese businessman Yorgen Fenech, who was accused of commissioning the murder of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, was acquitted on Wednesday at the end of a jury trial.

Fenech, 44, was tried for complicity to murder and for the lesser charge of criminal association to commit murder. Had he been found guilty, he could have faced up to life imprisonment.

(Reporting by Chris Scicluna, Writing by Keith Weir)

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