Lawyer Marc Sant informed CNN, “There was a plea cut price … the settlement is 15 years imprisonment.” Muscat can even face monetary penalties, he mentioned.
Sant famous that he doesn’t symbolize the 2 different suspects charged with homicide, brothers Alfred and George Degiorgio, however he informed CNN they proceed to plead not responsible.
CNN reached out to the Malta Court docket of Felony Attraction for remark however didn’t instantly obtain a response.
Caruana Galizia, 53, was a number one anti-corruption journalist from Malta who was killed in a automotive bombing close to her residence in 2017. Her household say she was “assassinated” due to her work uncovering alleged corruption within the Maltese authorities.
“An individual who has admitted his involvement within the homicide of Daphne Caruana Galizia has denied her
her proper to life and has denied her her proper to take pleasure in her household, together with her grandchildren who had been born after she was killed,” mentioned the lawyer representing Caruana Galizia’s household in court docket, in line with an announcement launched by the Daphne Caruana Galizia Basis.
“The household expresses the hope that this step will start to result in full justice for Daphne Caruana Galizia.”
