Malta jury condemns 2 men to life imprisonment for providing a bomb that killed a journalist

Valletta, Malta (AP) – Two men were sentenced to life prison on Tuesday after being complicated for complicity In the murder of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.

Jamie Vella and Robert Agius were accused of having provided the bomb that killed Caruana Galizia. The two were found guilty of the accusations last week and Tuesday received the maximum sentence of life imprisonment.

Caruana Galizia, 53, was murdered On October 16, 2017, by a car that was exploded while driving near her house.

The journalist had written a lot about corruption suspected in political and commercial circles in Malta. His murder shocked Europe and sparked angry demonstrations in Malta. At the time of her death, she faced more than 40 defamation combinations.

The six -week trial also concerned the murder separate from a lawyer, Carmel Chircop, who was shot in 2015. Two other men, George Degiorgio and Adrian Agius, were sentenced last week and sentenced to life for this murder on Tuesday.

George Degiorgio and his brother Alfred Degiorgio both pleaded guilty in 2022 for having carried out the murder of Caruana Galizia. They were each 40 years old in prison.

A third man, Vincent Muscat, pleaded guilty in 2021 for his role in the murder of Caruana Galizia and was sentenced to 15 years in prison. He testified during the recent trial before jury after having obtained a presidential forgiveness for his role in the murder of Chircop on the condition that he said the whole truth.

Yorgen Fenech, a Prominent Maltese businessman, is currently Excluding prison on bail Awaiting trial for alleged complicity in the murder of Caruana Galizia.