The family of the assassinated journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia has thrown its complete support behind the Attorney General's formal appeal to overturn the recent verdict that acquitted prominent Maltese businessman Yorgen Fenech of involvement in her murder.

Earlier this month, an 8-1 jury decision cleared Fenech of complicity or association in the journalist's car bombing nearly a decade ago. The verdict immediately triggered widespread condemnation from the victim's relatives, who argue that the decision directly contradicts the evidence presented, public logic, and the truth of the case.

Matthew Caruana Galizia voiced fierce opposition to the outcome on social media, describing the ruling as an obscenity that effectively subjects the family to renewed trauma.

He emphasized that accepting the verdict would create a dangerous precedent where individuals could theoretically arrange violent crimes and evade consequences.

Echoing these concerns, Daphne's sister Corinne Vella also demanded that national institutions utilize every available legal mechanism to address what she termed an intolerable miscarriage of justice that requires a full retrial.

In response to the public outcry and within the strict legal timeframe, the Office of the Attorney General submitted its official appeal papers just before the deadline. Fenech's legal team has been granted a 20-day window to file their formal replies.

Once all submissions are completed, a panel of three judges within the Court of Criminal Appeal in its Superior Jurisdiction will review the case. The appellate court will determine whether the initial trial suffered from grave procedural irregularities or if the judgment stemmed from a manifestly wrong application or misinterpretation of the law.

Even if such issues are identified, the appeal can still be dismissed if the judges conclude that no actual miscarriage of justice took place, keeping the legal battle over accountability for the murder deeply uncertain.