Maltese politicians ‘involved’ in plot to kill Daphne Caruana Galizia, court hears

The brief

Two political figures who previously held powerful government roles in Malta were accused of plotting to kill the journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia during court testimony on Wednesday. The allegations, against a former economy minister and a former chief of staff to the prime minister, were made during a chaotic day at the courts of justice in Valletta, where the businessman Yorgen Fenech is on trial for ordering the assassination of Caruana Galizia in 2017. The jury heard from brothers George and Alfred Degiorgio, underworld figures who confessed to planting the car bomb that killed the journalist and are serving 40-year sentences. The two men named the former economy minister Chris…