A jury in Malta acquits a businessman in the killing of reporter Daphne Caruana Galizia

Flowers and a candle lie in front of a portrait of slain investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia during a vigil outside the law courts in Valletta, Malta, Oct. 16, 2018. Jonathan Borg/AP hide caption toggle caption Jonathan Borg/AP VALLETA, Malta — A jury in Malta on Wednesday acquitted the Maltese businessman accused of being the mastermind of the 2017 car bomb killing of crusading investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. Caruana Galizia's killing shocked Europe, led to protests that toppled a prime minister and exposed a culture of impunity on the Mediterranean island nation, the European Union's smallest. Yorgen Fenech, a prominent Maltese businessman, was indicted in 2021 on charges of complicity and criminal conspiracy. Prosecutors accused him of being the mastermind of the slaying and of having ordered and paid for it. He pleaded not guilty and the jury on Wednesday found him not guilty on both counts. Fenech was the last of a half-dozen people charged in the plot to be prosecuted. A woman targeted for her anti-corruption investigations Caruana Galizia, 53, was killed on Oct. 16, 2017, by a car bomb that was detonated while she was driving near her home. Malte...