Suspect in car bomb killing of Maltese journalist changes plea to guilty

Court proceedings against the Degiorgio brothers, who have maintained their not guilty pleas, will continue.

FILE – In this Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2018 file photo, flowers and a candle lie in front of a portrait of slain investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia during a vigil outside the law courts in Valletta, Malta. One of three men accused of killing Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in a 2017 car bombing changed his plea to guilty during a hearing Tuesday and was immediately sentenced to 15 years in prison. The man, Vince Muscat, together with Alfred and George Degiorgio, had been accused of detonating the bomb that killed Caruana Galizia as she was driving her car Oct. 16, 2017. (AP Photo/Jonathan Borg, File)

One of three men accused of killing Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in a car bombing has changed his plea to guilty and was sentenced to 15 years in prison.

Vince Muscat, together with brothers Alfred and George Degiorgio, had been accused of detonating the bomb that killed Ms Caruana Galizia as she was driving her car on October 16 2017.