{
  "id": 5250610,
  "title": "Maltese tycoon acquitted of orchestrating murder of renowned journalist",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/maltese-tycoon-acquitted-of-orchestrating-murder-of-renowned",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-03T04:40:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "KahawaTungu",
    "slug": "kahawatungu",
    "url": "https://kahawatungu.com/maltese-tycoon-acquitted-of-orchestrating-murder-of-renowned-journalist/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "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.",
  "summary": "A Maltese businessman on trial over the murder of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia has been acquitted. Yorgen Fenech, 44, was accused of complicity in her murder and criminal association to commit murder. He denied all the charges. In 2022, brothers George and Alfred Degiorgio were jailed for 40 years over the killing of Caruana [...] The post Maltese tycoon acquitted of…",
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Maltese tycoon acquitted of killing journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/maltese-tycoon-acquitted-of-killing-journalist-daphne-caruana-galizia",
        "published": "2026-09-03T03:00:27.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}