A jury in Malta acquits a businessman in the killing of reporter Daphne Caruana Galizia
A Maltese jury has acquitted businessman Yorgen Fenech of masterminding the 2017 assassination of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. The verdict concludes a high-profile case that previously triggered mass protests and the resignation of Malta's prime minister.
Why it matters
The acquittal is a significant development in a case that exposed deep-seated corruption and impunity within the European Union's smallest member state.
VALLETA, Malta — A jury in Malta on Wednesday acquitted the Maltese businessman accused of being the mastermind of the 2017 car bomb killing of crusading investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.
Caruana Galizia's killing shocked Europe, led to protests that toppled a prime minister and exposed a culture of impunity on the Mediterranean island nation, the European Union's smallest.
Europe Who Ordered The Car Bomb That Killed Maltese Journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia? Yorgen Fenech, a prominent Maltese businessman, was indicted in 2021 on charges of complicity and criminal conspiracy. Prosecutors accused him of being the mastermind of the slaying and of having ordered and paid for it.
He pleaded not guilty and the jury on Wednesday found him not guilty on both counts.
Fenech was the last of a half-dozen people charged in the plot to be prosecuted.
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