In Malta, the Brothers Alfred and George Devjorgio, who admitted the murder of the Maltese journalist Daphne Karuana Galicia in 2017, were sentenced to 40 years in prison. This was reported by the newspaper Times of Malta.
The investigation of the case lasted 5 years. The convicts pleaded guilty a few days before the court, which became a sensation in this case.
Journalists report that four people recognized their involvement in the murder, including the accomplice of the Vincent Muscat brothers. The accusations were also brought by the entrepreneur Jorgen Fenec, he will appear before the trial later.
Daphne Karuana Galicia has been a famous independent journalist-investigator in Malta since the 1990s. She conducted her own investigations regarding the involvement of Malta politicians in corruption, money laundering and other crimes.
Since 2016, she investigated the case of a number of members of the Malta government, as well as Prime Minister Joseph Muscat and his family with offshores. On October 16, 2017, she died at the age of 53 during an explosion of a car on the road from Bidniy. The explosive device was driven remotely using a mobile phone.