\u2018Assassin\u2019, \u2018trash\u2019: Fenech heckled as he leaves court after murder acquittal<\/p>\n
Yorgen Fenech left court on Wednesday night to shouts of “assassin”, “trash” and “mafia” after a jury cleared him of involvement in the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.<\/p>\n
Fenech walked out of the law courts after jurors returned an 8-1 not guilty verdict on both charges he faced.<\/p>\n
He was accompanied by his defence lawyers Giannella De Marco, Charles Mercieca and Gianluca Calleja Curran, and escorted from the building by several police officers.<\/p>\n
The verdict brings to an end Fenech’s long-running trial over allegations that he was involved in the 2017 assassination of Caruana Galizia, who was killed in a car bomb attack outside her home in Bidnija.<\/p>\n
As Fenech emerged from court, a crowd gathered outside shouted insults at the businessman, with some branding him an “assassin” and accusing him of being linked to the mafia.<\/p>\n
Fenech had consistently denied any involvement in the journalist’s murder.<\/p>\n
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