Malta Murder Trial Acquittal
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A Maltese jury acquits businessman Yorgen Fenech of complicity in the 2017 car-bomb killing of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. The verdict ends a trial that focused on one of Malta’s most prominent investigative journalists.
Maltese Tycoon Acquitted of Journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia’s Murder
Yorgen Fenech, the Maltese businessman accused of commissioning the car-bomb assassination of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, has been acquitted. A popular jury deliberated for more than eight hours before finding Fenech not guilty by a vote of eight to one. He had faced accusations that he ordered the 2017 attack to silence an investigation that could have exposed damaging inform…
Malta businessman acquitted in journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia murder case
Yorgen Fenech avoided a possible life sentence after a Maltese jury acquitted him of involvement in the murder of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. The jury cleared the 44-year-old busi…
Malta’s Hilton heir acquitted in Daphne Caruana Galizia murder case as prosecutors seek life sentence
Yorgen Fenech, the Maltese businessman accused of ordering Daphne Caruana Galizia’s assassination, has been acquitted by a Malta court. The verdict came in a case that has shaken the country’s politic…
Businessman acquitted in Malta journalist murder case
Nearly nine years after Daphne Caruana Galizia was blown up in her car near her home, a Maltese jury has acquitted businessman Yorgen Fenech of helping to arrange her murder and of criminal conspiracy…
Maltese Tycoon Found Not Guilty of Involvement in Daphne Caruana Galizia Murder
Yorgen Fenech walked free from the courtroom after a jury decisively rejected both charges linked to the murder of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. The nine-person jury, made up of six women…
Malta Court Acquits Businessman Nine Years After Journalist’s Murder
Nine years after Daphne Caruana Galizia was killed by a car bomb, a Maltese court found businessman Yorgen Fenech not guilty in the case. The investigative journalist died in October 2017 when a bomb …
Businessman Acquitted of Involvement in Maltese Journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia’s Murder
Jorgen Fenech walked out of a Maltese court as a free man after jurors cleared him of involvement in the murder of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. The jury voted eight to one to acqui…
Maltese businessman Yorgen Fenech acquitted of charges over Daphne Caruana Galizia murder
After eight hours of deliberation, a Maltese jury cleared businessman Yorgen Fenech of helping arrange the murder of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. The jury voted eight to one for ac…
