Businessman goes on trial over murder of Maltese journalist

Yorgen Fenech denies any involvement in the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia in 2017.

Maltese businessman paid hitmen €150,000 to kill Daphne Caruana Galizia, jury hears

Yorgen Fenech, heir to property empire, on trial for alleged involvement in murder of journalist in 2017 One of Malta’s wealthiest businessmen plotted to kill the investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, paying €150,000 (£130,000) for three hitmen to carry out the murder, a jury has heard. Yorgen Fenech, the 44-year-old heir to a property empire that includes the Hilton Malta hotel and casino, is on trial for the 2017 murder. Continue reading...

By Juliette Garside

Maltese tycoon on trial over murder of ‘one-woman WikiLeaks’ Daphne Caruana Galizia

A Maltese tycoon went on trial on Wednesday accused of ordering the murder of a hard-hitting investigative journalist that rocked the island nation, brought down a government and drew global condemnation. Suspect Yorgen Fenech is charged with orchestrating the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia, 53, a prominent public figure and vocal critic who was killed by a bomb placed in her car near her home. “Nine years after my mother’s murder, the man accused of commissioning it stands trial,” t...

By Agence France-Presse

Businessman goes on trial for ordering murder of Maltese anti-corruption journalist

Businessman Yorgen Fenech went on trial in Malta on Wednesday accused of orchestrating the assassination of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, who was blown up in 2017 in a car bomb near her home.

By FRANCE 24

Yorgen Fenech pleads not guilty as trial by jury over Daphne Caruana Galizia’s assassination commences

Yorgen Fenech pleaded not guilty on Wednesday as his trial by jury over the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia opened before Madam Justice Edwina Grima. Fenech is charged with complicity in the wilful homicide of Caruana Galizia and with criminal association for the purpose of committing a crime. The bill of indictment alleges that the … Continued

By Julian Delia