Watch: The nine-year road to the Yorgen Fenech murder trial, explained
If you plan on following the trial, you might want to start with this video, which will bring you up to speed with all that has happened since the Bidnija bomb rocked the country
The long-awaited trial by jury of businessman Yorgen Fenech began on Wednesday, nearly nine years after the brutal assassination of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia and almost seven years since his first arrest.
Fenech has pleaded not guilty to charges of complicity in the 2017 car bomb attack, a watershed moment that shattered the country and reshaped the nation’s political landscape.
This 15-minute video explainer walks you through the most significant events that are now culminating in Fenech's historic trial.
The video retraces the shocking events of October 16, 2017, in Bidnija, and walks through the initial investigations, the subsequent court proceedings and the dramatic dawn arrest of Fenech aboard his yacht in November 2019.
It also untangles what followed that arrest - the massive political fallout that saw the Joseph Muscat government crumble in late 2019.
What is the state's main witness alleging about Fenech? How did investigators zero in on Fenech as the suspect, and why do they believe he might have been motivated to kill the journalist?
And how is Fenech's trial connected to the previous trials that have jailed the men who supplied the bomb and the men who placed it in Caruana Galizia's car?
This explainer attempts to answer these questions and more.