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Yorgen Fenech Faces Life Prison Over Malta Journalist Murder

7/2/2026

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Yorgen Fenech is on trial in Malta, facing a jury for the 2017 murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia and a possible life sentence.
Prosecutors allege Fenech paid €150,000 to a middleman.
A court rejected his bid to void 2019 police statements made under cocaine influence.
The killing sparked a crisis that forced Prime Minister Joseph Muscat to resign in January 2020 and led to a 2021 inquiry blaming the state.

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Yorgen Fenech is on trial in Malta, facing a jury for the 2017 murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia and a possible life sentence.
Prosecutors allege Fenech paid €150,000 to a middleman.
A court rejected his bid to void 2019 police statements made under cocaine influence.
The killing sparked a crisis that forced Prime Minister Joseph Muscat to resign in January 2020 and led to a 2021 inquiry blaming the state.