Today's front pages - August 22, 2026
These are the leading stories making front-page headlines in Malta this Saturday. Times of Malta reports on Yorgen Fenech’s court testimony in which he denied any role in the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia, a development that followed a judge's refusal to dissolve the jury. The Malta Independent also covers Fenech’s testimony and the court's rejection
PN silence on Yorgen Fenech trial was best decision, Borg says
The Nationalist Party’s decision to refrain from commenting on Yorgen Fenech’s trial has proved to be the right one, Opposition leader Alex Borg said on Friday. Borg spoke to Times of Malta shortly after Justice Edwina Grima rejected a defence request to dissolve the jury following concerns over court-provided tablets given to jurors. The defence made
Judge rejects defence motion for Yorgen Fenech trial to be dissolved
Judge Edwina Grima on Friday rejected a motion filed by Yorgen Fenech's defence to have his trial by jury dissolved over concerns on media headlines that jurors may have seen on their court-provided tablets. The motion centred around a discovery that the tablets that were provided to jurors for them to access the voluminous documents had allowed them
Accused Yorgen Fenech Takes The Stand In Daphne Murder Trial
Yorgen Fenech is set to take the witness stand and testify in his murder trial, following Judge Edwina Grima’s decision to reject the defence’s request to dissolve the jury. The defence had asked for the jury to be discharged over concerns that jurors could access media headlines through tablets provided to them during the trial. Judge Grima rejected
Judge Rejects Defence’s Plea To Dissolve Jury, Trial Continues
Judge Edwina Grima has rejected the defence’s request to dissolve the jury in the Yorgen Fenech murder trial, allowing the proceedings to continue. The defence argued that the jurors had access to headlines containing information which had either been declared inadmissible or which should not have been referred to by witnesses or the press. Dr Charles
Judge Expected To Rule On Jury Dissolution Shortly
We’re currently waiting inside the courtroom for Judge Edwina Grima to deliver her decision on the defence’s plea to dissolve the jury in the Yorgen Fenech murder trial. The defence has argued that the jury’s access to more than 400 media headlines through the tablets provided during the trial has exposed jurors to outside information, including material
Fenech murder trial hangs in balance over jurors’ access to media
The murder trial of Yorgen Fenech hangs in the balance after his lawyers formally asked the court to discharge the jury and dissolve proceedings over jurors’ access to hundreds of media headlines through tablets supplied to them during the trial. Judge Edwina Grima is expected to deliver a decision on the request on Friday afternoon after hearing lengthy
Prosecution Objects To Defence Plea To Dissolve Jury
The prosecution has objected to the defence’s request to dissolve the jury in the Yorgen Fenech murder trial, arguing that the application could have been raised earlier and that the circumstances do not justify restarting the trial. The prosecution said the defence could have raised the matter at the start of Friday’s sitting, while the court was
Defence Asks Court To Dissolve Jury Over Media Headlines
Addressing what it described as “the tablets matter”, the defence asked the court to dissolve the jury, arguing that jurors had been exposed to more than 400 media headlines during the trial. “We are therefore asking for the Trial by Jury to be dissolved,” Dr Charles Mercieca told Judge Edwina Grima. The defence said a number of the headlines contained
