Maltese court clears businessman of masterminding murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia

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A Maltese court has cleared businessman Yorgen Fenech of commissioning the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia almost 10 years ago.

Five people have been convicted of their involvement in the 53-year-old journalist's death.

Galizia exposed high-level corruption in the country, leading to personal attacks by politicians that a 2021 judicial report found created a "favourable climate" for her assassination.