Malta has a new court decision. The businessman Yorgen Fenech is free. A jury says he is not guilty. He was a suspect for 9 years. He had plans to kill a reporter.
Daphne Caruana Galizia died in 2017. A bomb exploded in her car. She was a famous reporter. She wrote about bribery in politics. Her death shocked many people in Europe.
The jury voted with 8 to 1. Yorgen Fenech is innocent of the murder. He is very rich. He owns many firms. The police arrested him in 2019 on his yacht. A witness accused him.
Fenech spoke in court. He knew about the plan for the murder. But he was not the planner. He blamed a friend from politics. This friend was the chief of staff for the prime minister.
The murder changed politics. The prime minister Joseph Muscat resigned in 2020. The family of the reporter is sad about the verdict. They say Malta did not protect the reporter.
Other killers are already in prison. 3 men admitted to the murder. They must stay in jail for many years. 2 other men gave the bomb. They got life sentences.
