Brothers reverse plea to guilty in car-bomb murder trial

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In a stunning reversal, two brothers charged with the car-bomb murder of a Maltese anti-corruption journalist entered guilty pleas on the trial's first day. Only hours earlier, they had entered not-guilty pleas.

Only hours earlier at the start of the trial in a Valletta courthouse, George Degiorgio, 59, and Alfred Degiorgio, 57 had entered not-guilty pleas.

They are charged with having set the bomb that blew up Daphne Caruana Galizia’s car as she drove near her home on Oct. 16, 2017. The trial judge retired to chambers immediately after the change of plea and he was expected to sentence both defendants later on Friday.

 

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