Malta jury finds two men guilty of supplying bomb that killed journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia

Published on 06/06/2025 - 13:40 GMT+2

A assemblage successful Malta recovered 2 men blameworthy connected Friday of complicity successful the murder of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, aft a six-week-long proceedings covering 2 homicides ended precocious connected Thursday.

Jamie Vella and Robert Agius were recovered blameworthy of supplying nan explosive that killed her.

Caruana Galizia was murdered connected 16 October 2017 by a car explosive that was detonated while she was driving adjacent her home.

In her career, she had written extensively astir suspected corruption successful governmental and business circles successful Malta, and her execution shocked Europe and triggered angry protests successful nan Mediterranean land country.

Caruana Galizia's investigative reports had targeted group successful then-Prime Minister Joseph Muscat's soul circle whom she accused of having offshore companies successful taxation havens disclosed successful nan Panama Papers leak.

She besides targeted nan guidance and astatine nan clip of her decease was facing much than 40 libel suits.

The Caruana Galizia family said successful a connection that Thursday's verdict brings them a measurement person to justice.

"Yet, 8 years aft Daphne's sadistic assassination, nan organization failures that enabled her execution stay unaddressed and unreformed," nan family added.

Vella and Robert Agius, together pinch 2 different men – George Degiorgio and Adrian Agius – besides faced charges related to nan abstracted execution of a lawyer, Carmel Chircop, who was changeable and killed successful 2015.

Vella, Degiorgio and Adrian Agius were recovered blameworthy of charges tied to nan murder, while Robert Agius was recovered not guilty.

The judge will determine connected sentencing astatine a later date.

George Degiorgio and his relative Alfred Degiorgio some pleaded blameworthy successful 2022 to carrying retired nan execution of Caruana Galizia and were each sentenced to 40 years successful prison.

A 3rd man, Vincent Muscat, pleaded blameworthy successful 2021 for his domiciled successful nan Caruana Galizia execution and was sentenced to 15 years.

He testified successful nan caller assemblage proceedings aft being granted a statesmanlike pardon for his domiciled successful nan Chircop execution connected nan information that he show nan full truth.

Yorgen Fenech, a salient Maltese businessman, is presently retired of jailhouse connected bail awaiting proceedings connected charges of alleged complicity successful Caruana Galizia's murder.