Matthew Caruana Galizia has said his family fully supports the prosecution’s appeal against the verdict which acquitted Yorgen Fenech of charges related to the murder of his mother, Daphne Caruana Galizia. His comments come after the Office of the Attorney General formally filed an appeal on Tuesday against Fenech’s acquittal, opening the possibility
The family of the assassinated journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia has thrown its complete support behind the Attorney General's formal appeal to overturn the recent verdict that acquitted prominent Maltese businessman Yorgen Fenech of involvement in her murder. Earlier this month, an 8-1 jury decision cleared Fenech of complicity or association in the
The Attorney General’s office has filed its appeal against Yorgen Fenech’s acquittal in the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia, three weeks after a jury cleared him by an 8-1 vote on both counts and one day before the 15-working-day deadline. The filing sets in motion a narrowly defined legal mechanism for challenging a jury’s not-guilty verdict. Now
The prosecution has appealed Yorgen Fenech’s acquittal, opening the way for the Court of Criminal Appeal to consider a retrial over the assassination of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. The Attorney General filed the appeal on Tuesday following Fenech’s acquittal earlier this month. A nine-member jury cleared the businessman of complicity and association
The prosecution has filed an appeal against Yorgen Fenech’s acquittal over the 2017 murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. Fenech was acquitted on 2nd September following an 8-1 jury verdict after a 55-day trial, in which more than 100 witnesses gave evidence. He had been charged with complicity in the wilful homicide of Daphne Caruana Galizia
The prosecution has filed an appeal against the acquittal of Yorgen Fenech in the trial over the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. Lawyers from the Office of the Attorney General filed the appeal on Tuesday, a day before the deadline for doing so. Fenech, the businessman and heir to the Tumas Group fortune, was acquitted earlier this month
