Brothers admit murdering Maltese journalist in sudden change to pleas

Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia died in 2017 (Jon Borg/AP)

Two brothers accused of the murder of a Maltese investigative journalist have dramatically changed their pleas to guilty on the first day of their trial.

Only hours earlier at the start of the trial in a Valletta courthouse, George Degiorgio, 59, and Alfred Degiorgio, 57, entered not guilty pleas.