Millionaire accused over 2017 murder of Maltese journalist freed on bail Family of Daphne Caruana Galizia condemn delays in bringing Yorgen Fenech to trial after arrest in 2019.
The delays in bringing a trial have been criticised by Roberta Metsola, the president of the European parliament and an MEP for Malta, who wrote in a post on Facebook: “A system that forces those accused of the most heinous crimes to be allowed out of jail on bail because their trial by jury took more than half a decade to get under way, is a system that is broken.
The Daphne Caruana Galizia Foundation, set up by her family, said after Fenech’s release: “The bomb blast that killed her was a warning: the justice system is failing the victims.”.
A millionaire businessman charged with the 2017 murder of the Maltese anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia has been released on bail with no date set for his trial.
Speaking last weekend he said the delay was due to constitutional cases and preliminary hearings brought by Fenech, and requests from the prosecution and family, such as anonymity for Caruana Galizia’s sources.
