Yorgen Fenech has failed to obtain bail in constitutional proceedings after claiming that he suffered human rights breaches because he has not been released on bail since his arrest in 2019.

Fenech has been under arrest since November 2019, when he was accused of being a mastermind in the 2017 murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.

Since then, Fenech’s lawyers have filed several bail requests and related constitutional cases demanding his release. All these requests have been denied by the courts.

A first application for bail was filed weeks after his arraignment. When this was denied, another seven more applications followed.  

The latest refusal comes in a 60-page long judgement, deciding a constitutional case he had filed last year before Madame Justice Miriam Hayman.

In that case, Fenech had argued that the State was breaching his fundamental rights by refusing him bail.

State Advocate Chris Soler and lawyer Maurizio Cordina represented the State in the proceedings.

Lawyers Gianluca Caruana Curran, Marion Camilleri and Charles Mercieca appeared for Fenech.

Lawyer Therese Comodini Cachia represented the Caruana Galizia family.