# Outrage as Maltese tycoon acquitted in journalist's murder

https://mins.news/en/item/45928

- DW, 2026-09-04 19:31 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.dw.com/en/outrage-as-maltese-tycoon-acquitted-in-journalist-s-murder/a-79027008?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

> Maltese businessman Yorgen Fenech has been acquitted of complicity in the murder of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. Her family condemned the verdict, while many in Malta expressed outrage. Nearly nine years after her killing, the person who commissioned it has still not been legally identified, although there is no current indication that Fenech's trial was unfair or manipulated.

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