A Maltese court on Wednesday aquitted tycoon Yorgen Fenech of orchestrating the brutal murder in 2017 of investigative reporter Daphne Caruana Galizia, according to media reports.
The wealthy businessman had been accused of masterminding the car-bomb killing of Caruana Galizia, 53, which rocked the island nation, brought down a government and drew global condemnation.
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