Archive · 6 Jun 2025
Men Convicted in Bombing of Maltese Journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia
A jury decided that two men helped supply the bomb that killed a journalist named Daphne Caruana Galizia.
She wrote about possible corruption in Malta.
The journalist was killed by a car bomb in 2017.
Two other men have already admitted to the murder and are in prison.
The recent trial was about who helped get the bomb.
The family says they are a step closer to justice, but the issues that led to the murder remain.
The judge will decide the sentences for the men.
Two men, Jamie Vella and Robert Agius, were found guilty of supplying the bomb used to kill Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.
The journalist was murdered on October 16, 2017, by a car bomb near her home.
Caruana Galizia had written extensively about alleged corruption in Maltese politics and business.
George Degiorgio and Alfred Degiorgio pleaded guilty in 2022 to carrying out the murder and were sentenced to 40 years each.
Sentencing for Vella and Agius will be decided at a later date.
- Who
- Jamie Vella and Robert Agius, along with other individuals, were involved in the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia.
- What
- Jamie Vella and Robert Agius were found guilty of supplying the bomb used to kill Daphne Caruana Galizia.
- When
- October 16, 2017, when Daphne Caruana Galizia was murdered. The recent trial concluded recently.
- Where
- Malta
- Why
- Daphne Caruana Galizia was murdered because of her investigative reports on alleged corruption.
- Victim
- Daphne Caruana Galizia
- Date of Murder
- October 16, 2017
- Convicted of Supplying Bomb
- Jamie Vella and Robert Agius
- Charged with Murder
- George Degiorgio and Alfred Degiorgio
- Sentencing
- To be decided at a later date for Vella and Agius