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


FILE PHOTO: 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. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi/File Photo

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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