Maltese businessman Yorgen Fenech acquitted in Daphne Caruana Galizia murder trial
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Yorgen Fenech, Daphne Caruana Galizia
Valletta, Malta
September 2026
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Yorgen Fenech has been acquitted of complicity in the 2017 murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. The jury reached an 8-1 verdict in favor of acquittal. The victim's family criticized the institutional failures that remain unaddressed.
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