Maltese Court Acquits Businessman in Journalist Murder Case

The killing of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia and its aftermath - Reuters

The killing of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia and its aftermath  Reuters

Jury in Malta acquits businessman accused of masterminding slaying of journalist - AP News

Jury in Malta acquits businessman accused of masterminding slaying of journalist  AP News

Maltese tycoon acquitted of orchestrating murder of renowned journalist

Daphne Caruana Galizia exposed corruption and money laundering schemes in Malta before she was killed by a car bomb in 2017.

Maltese tycoon acquitted of masterminding reporter's murder

Yorgen Fenech had stood accused of organizing the 2017 death of investigative reporter Daphne Caruana Galizia, which brought down a government and drew global condemnation

Maltese tycoon found not guilty of involvement in Daphne Caruana Galizia murder

Yorgen Fenech cleared on both charges he faced over 2017 killing of journalist that prompted global outrage One of Malta’s richest men has been found not guilty of involvement in the murder of the anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. The verdict, which is expected to be appealed against by the prosecution, will come as a blow not only to the victim’s family, but to the politicians and campaigners who regard the case as a landmark action in the fight to protect press freedom in E...

By Juliette Garside in Valetta

A jury in Malta acquits a businessman in the killing of reporter Daphne Caruana Galizia

Investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia had written extensively about suspected corruption in political and business circles in Malta. She was killed by a car bomb in 2017, at age 53.

By The Associated Press

Malta businessman acquitted of plotting journalist Caruana Galizia murder

The 2017 killing of anticorruption journalist shocked Europe and set off a political firestorm in Malta.

Court clears Maltese tycoon over murdering renowned journalist

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 two-month 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 […]

Daphne was right

On 2 September 2026, the jury acquitted Yorgen Fenech of complicity in the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia and of criminal association to commit murder. Do I agree with the verdict?  Totally irrelevant: the fact remains, it must be said, that the jury clearly believed Fenech when he testified that he was not the man … Continued

By Andrew Borg Cardona

'Many Missing Links': Supreme Court Acquits Man In Murder Case

The top court noted that there was no direct evidence of the offence and the entire case against him was based on circumstantial evidence and the theory of "last seen together".