The long-awaited trial by jury of businessman Yorgen Fenech began on Wednesday, nearly nine years after the brutal assassination of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia and almost seven years since his first arrest. Fenech has pleaded not guilty to charges of complicity in the 2017 car bomb attack, a watershed moment that shattered the country
The Daphne Caruana Galizia Foundation has marked the opening of Yorgen Fenech’s trial by jury with a social media post highlighting the years-long wait for proceedings to begin. “The jury trial of Yorgen Fenech opened today, six years and eight months after he was arrested trying to escape from Malta on his yacht,” the Foundation wrote. It also noted
As Yorgen Fenech’s trial by jury gets underway today, nearly nine years after the assassination of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, here’s a look at some of the key figures at the centre of one of Malta’s most significant criminal cases. Daphne Caruana Galizia The journalist and blogger who was killed in a car bomb outside her Bidnija home in October
Yorgen Fenech, the 44-year-old scion to the Tumas Group empire, is on trial for the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, almost seven years after his dramatic arrest aboard a luxury yacht. Fenech is accused of complicity in the October 2017 car bombing that saw Caruana Galizia blown up outside her Bidnija home. He is further accused of criminal
Yorgen Fenech’s long-awaited trial by jury has officially begun today, marking a major milestone in one of the most consequential criminal cases in Malta’s recent history. Fenech has pleaded not guilty to charges of complicity in the assassination of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, who was killed in a car bomb outside her Bidnija home in October
More than eight years after the assassination of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, the criminal case enters its most consequential phase. On trial is businessman Yorgen Fenech, essentially accused of ordering the 2017 car bomb that killed Caruana Galizia, a charge he denies. Around him is a cast of convicted hitmen, accomplices, politicians, police
It has been 3,180 days since investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia was assassinated in a car bomb attack near her home in Bidnija on 16th October 2017. Today, one of the most significant criminal trials in Malta’s history officially begins as Yorgen Fenech goes before a jury accused of masterminding the murder. Fenech has pleaded not guilty
The trial by jury of Yorgen Fenech over the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia gets under way on Wednesday, almost seven years since the businessman was arrested . Fenech has pleaded not guilty to charges of complicity in the assassination, which rocked Malta's recent political history. Please refresh for constant updates LIVE BLOG Why this
The trial of Yorgen Fenech, who stands accused of complicity in the murder of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, begins today. Caruana Galizia was killed in a car bomb attack near her home in Bidnija on 16 October 2017. Five other men who carried out the attack and supplied the bomb have already been jailed over the murder. Fenech, 44,