2 guys have actually been sentenced to life in jail by a Maltese judge for supplying the bomb utilized in the 2017 assassination of anti-corruption reporter Daphne Caruana Galizia
The murder of Caruana Galizia sent out shockwaves through Malta and fired up outrage throughout Europe, ultimately causing the resignation of Prime Minister Joseph Muscat in 2019.
Robert Agius and Jamie Vella were condemned on Friday, with jurors reaching an 8-1 decision. After a trial that lasted more than 6 weeks, the court concluded that they provided the explosive product in exchange for cash. The 2 accuseds had actually pleaded innocent.
Their sentence was bied far on Tuesday, following submissions from legal representatives concerning their penalty.
Caruana Galizia was eliminated on October 17, 2017, when a bomb positioned under the motorist’s seat of her vehicle exploded as she was repeling from her home.
Another 2 guys, siblings George and Alfred Degiorgio, are serving 40-year prison terms after confessing to having actually triggered the bomb. A 3rd guy, Vince Muscat, who likewise confessed his function in the murder, is serving 15 years after turning state’s proof and affirming versus the Degiorgios, and likewise versus Agius and Vella.
He explained conferences in a coffeehouse to prepare the murder and how the military-grade bomb was obtained, brought in a kids’s shoe box and positioned in Caruana Galizia’s vehicle. It was triggered by push-button control from a private yacht.
The supposed murder mastermind, among Malta’s leading entrepreneurs, is waiting for trial and a court has actually prohibited media recommendations to him so as not to affect possible jurors.