# ‘I’m devastated by the verdict,’ says CPJ deputy director Tom Gibson

https://mins.news/en/video/43990

- France 24 English, 2026-09-03 15:13 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt42bFb6veA

> Tom Gibson, a campaigner who has worked on the case since Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia was killed by a car bomb in 2017, says he is devastated by Yorgen Fenech’s not-guilty verdict. Her killing shocked Europe and ultimately contributed to Malta’s prime minister leaving office.

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