Maltese businessman acquitted in Daphne Caruana Galizia murder case
A Maltese businessman has been cleared of involvement in the 2017 car bomb murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, Sky News reports.
Maltese businessman acquitted over journalist's car bomb killing
A Maltese businessman has been cleared of involvement in the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, according to Google News UK — Crime, citing Sky News.
Caruana Galizia was killed in October 2017 when a car bomb exploded near her home in Malta. She had been one of the country's most prominent investigative journalists, known for exposing corruption at the highest levels of Maltese public life.
The businessman, whose name was connected to the assassination case, has now been acquitted of charges relating to the killing. The verdict represents a significant development in a long-running legal process that has drawn international attention to press freedom and rule of law in Malta.
Three men were previously convicted of carrying out the bombing itself. The question of who ordered and funded the attack has remained at the centre of ongoing proceedings. The acquittal of the businessman does not close the wider investigation into the masterminds behind the killing.
Source: Google News UK — Crime (en)