A judge has confirmed the acquittal of two lawyers from Yorgen Fenech’s defence team on appeal.

Lawyers Charles Mercieca and Gianluca Caruana Curran had been charged by the police with attempting to bribe Times of Malta journalist Ivan Martin by handing him hundreds of euros at the end of a meeting at their Valletta office.

The lawyers had been acquitted on a technicality in June 2022, the court noting that while the lawyers had been charged with active bribery by the police, the Attorney General had indicated a different provision of law denoting passive bribery.

The Attorney General had then filed an appeal, which was decided today by Mr. Justice Aaron Bugeja, who confirmed the lawyers’ acquittal.

Lawyers Steven Tonna Lowell and Giannella de Marco were defence counsel.

Lawyer Anthony Vella appeared for the Office of the Attorney General.