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  "id": 5136302,
  "title": "Jury in Malta acquits businessman accused of masterminding slaying of journalist",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/jury-in-malta-acquits-businessman-accused-of-masterminding-slaying-of",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-02T17:43:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Winnipeg Free Press",
    "slug": "winnipeg-free-press",
    "url": "https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/world/2026/09/02/jury-in-malta-acquits-businessman-accused-of-masterminding-slaying-of-journalist"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "VALLETA, Malta (AP) — A jury in Malta acquitted a Maltese businessman accused of masterminding the 2017 car bomb murder of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia on Wednesday. Yorgen Fenech, the businessman, was indicted in 2021 on charges of complicity and criminal conspiracy related to the slaying. He pleaded not guilty, and on Wednesday, the jury found him not guilty on both counts. This verdict came after Fenech was the last of a half-dozen individuals charged in the plot to be prosecuted.",
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    "Maltese businessman Yorgen Fenech acquitted of masterminding 2017 journalist's murder",
    "Jury found Fenech not guilty on complicity and criminal conspiracy charges",
    "Fenech was last individual prosecuted in the plot"
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      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
        "title": "Jury in Malta acquits businessman in killing of investigative journalist",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/jury-in-malta-acquits-businessman-in-killing-of-investigative",
        "published": "2026-09-02T18:50:03.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Malta businessman acquitted of plotting journalist Caruana Galizia murder",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/malta-businessman-acquitted-of-plotting-journalist-caruana-galizia",
        "published": "2026-09-02T19:06:58.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "NPR",
        "title": "A jury in Malta acquits a businessman in the killing of reporter Daphne Caruana Galizia",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/a-jury-in-malta-acquits-a-businessman-in-the-killing-of-reporter",
        "published": "2026-09-02T19:48:18.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}