Life imprisonment required for the tycoon Jorgen Fenech accused of being the instigator of the journalist’s murder Daphne Caruana Galicia, an episode that shocked the country in 2017.
Caruana murder: the entrepreneur Fenech formally indicted for complicity
The attorney general, Victoria Buttigieg, formally accused Fenech, arrested in November 2019 while attempting to leave Malta on his yacht, of complicity in the murder and conspiracy. The indictment, which confirms that Fenech will be tried, contains the request for life imprisonment for murder and between 20 and 30 years in prison for conspiracy.
Journalist Daphne Caruana Galiza was killed with a bomb placed in her car on October 16, 2017.
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The tycoon has always rejected the accusations. The International Press Institute, a non-governmental organization that fights for the defense and promotion of press freedom around the world, said Wednesday’s indictment was “a significant step in the fight to prevent impunity for murder. of Caruana Galizia “. One man has already been sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to the murder, while two other alleged hit men have been accused of planting the bomb and are awaiting trial. Another suspect, the alleged “middleman”, agreed to reveal the details of the plot to kill the investigative reporter and was pardoned.
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