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 […]
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Malta court acquits businessman of car bomb murder of anti-corruption journalist
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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)