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Juliette Garside in Valletta

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

Yorgen Fenech outside a Maltese courthouse
Yorgen Fenech leaving court in Valletta after he was found not guilty of involvement in the 2017 murder of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. Photograph: Darrin Zammit Lupi/Reuters

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, came 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 Europe.

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