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Two Men Handed Life Sentences for Supplying Car Bomb That Killed Daphne Caruana Galizia

Their sentencing brings the tally of convictions to five with the trial of alleged mastermind Yorgen Fenech pending

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In Malta sind im Zusammenhang mit der Ermordung der Journalistin Daphne Caruana Galizia zwei Männer zu lebenslangen Haftstrafen verurteilt worden. Das Urteil wegen Beihilfe zum Mord wurde am Dienstag gegen Robert Agius und Jamie Vella verkündet.

Overview

  • On June 10, 2025, a Maltese court sentenced 41-year-old Robert Agius and 42-year-old Jamie Vella to life imprisonment for supplying the bomb detonated under Caruana Galizia’s car in October 2017.
  • A six-week trial in Valletta concluded with a jury finding the pair guilty of procuring roughly 500 grams of gelignite used to remotely trigger the deadly explosion.
  • The convictions follow earlier prison terms for the three triggermen—George and Alfred Degiorgio and Vince Muscat—raising the total number of those held accountable to five.
  • Caruana Galizia was a leading investigative journalist exposing high-level corruption when her assassination prompted mass protests and contributed to Prime Minister Joseph Muscat’s 2020 resignation.
  • Businessman Yorgen Fenech, accused of financing and orchestrating the attack, remains in custody as he awaits trial on charges of masterminding the bombing.