Yorgen Fenech was acquitted of all charges in connection with the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia on Wednesday evening, in a jury verdict that shocked many. Fenech was acquitted of both complicity and conspiracy for the murder of the journalist on the basis of an 8-1 jury vote - a vote that is considered as being effectively unanimous in Malta's legal
Yorgen Fenech has been acquitted. He can now hope to fade into the sunset, innocent in the eyes of the law and free to resume his gilded life. It is axiomatic, under our legal system, that the jury’s verdict, leaving aside the remote possibility of a prosecution appeal, must be respected. It disposed of the charges brought against Fenech and in that
A nine-person jury delivered a verdict after a 55-day trial against Yorgen Fenech, clearing him of two charges related to the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia. Fenech was charged with complicity in and conspiracy to murder – he was found not guilty on both counts by eight out of the nine jurors. The verdict leaves major questions about what
