A Maltese jury has acquitted Yorgen Fenech, one of the island nation's most powerful businessmen, of orchestrating the 2017 car-bomb assassination of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. Prosecutors had argued Fenech ordered the killing to prevent her from exposing corruption linked to a lucrative energy contract, from which his company allegedly paid monthly bribes totalling €150,000 to senior government officials. The verdict has provoked widespread disbelief, with journalist associations and the victim's son Matthew Caruana Galizia calling for a retrial, while Malta's attorney general is reported to be preparing an appeal.