Maltese tycoon acquitted in Daphne Caruana Galizia murder case

A Maltese jury acquitted Yorgen Fenech of involvement in the 2017 murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia, despite prosecutors’ claim that he commissioned the hit; a key witness testified he paid €150,000 to arrange the killing, while Fenech admitted relaying messages but denied taking part. Two bombmakers and three hitmen have already been convicted, and the case continues to haunt Malta’s political elite as the journalist’s reporting on corruption helped trigger a national crisis and the 2019 resignation of Prime Minister Joseph Muscat.