Wealthy businessman goes on trial over murder of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia

Yorgen Fenech, a wealthy Maltese businessman accused of ordering the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia went on trial nine years after her death.

A wealthy Maltese businessman accused of ordering the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia went on trial on Wednesday, nine years after the death of the journalist who investigated corruption on the small Mediterranean island.

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Yorgen Fenech, 44, was charged with complicity in her killing and criminal association. He has denied any wrongdoing. He faces life in jail if found guilty.

Caruana Galizia died in 2017 when a bomb placed in her car blew up as she drove away from her home — a killing that shocked Europe and triggered a political earthquake on Malta.