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Maltese tycoon acquitted of killing journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia

The last man prosecuted over the 2017 killing of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia has been acquitted.

A Maltese businessman, Yorgen Fenech, has been acquitted of orchestrating the murder of renowned journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. The businessman, 44, was accused of complicity in the 2017 killing and criminal association to commit murder but denied all the charges. His acquittal came after a jury deliberated for eight hours and delivered a verdict by a margin of 8-1.

Caruana Galizia, who was an outspoken critic of the government, was killed by a car bomb in October 2017. Her murder remains unaddressed and unreformed, according to Caruana Galizia's family.

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