Brothers given 40-year jail terms for murdering Maltese journalist

Mandy Mallia, sister of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, lights candles in front of a picture of her sister in Valletta (Jonathan Borg/AP)

Two brothers have been jailed for 40 years after they pleaded guilty to the murder of an anti-corruption journalist in Malta.

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