Yorgen Fenech’s rights were breached by public health restrictions imposed because of COVID-19, a court has ruled.

Mr Justice Lawrence Mintoff delivered the ruling this morning in a constitutional case filed by Fenech, accused with complicity in the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, against the Superintendent of Public Health.

Lawyers Gianluca Caruana Curran, Marion Camilleri and Charles Mercieca, appearing for Fenech, had argued amongst other things that the Legal Notices which suspended all court proceedings due to the pandemic had infringed his right to justice within a reasonable time.

In his decision, handed down today, the judge declared that Fenech’s rights had indeed been breached and ordered that the compilation of evidence against Fenech resume immediately.

Lawyers Maurizio Cordina and Antoine Agius Bonnici represented the Office of the State Advocate.