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

https://mins.news/en/item/42479

- The Guardian, 2026-09-02 17:49 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/02/maltese-tycoon-yorgen-fenech-daphne-caruana-galizia-killing-not-guilty

> Yorgen Fenech has been found not guilty on both charges linked to the 2017 murder of anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. Prosecutors are expected to appeal. The case, which triggered Malta’s biggest postwar political scandal, became a rallying point for campaigns defending press freedom in Europe.

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