‘I facilitated no murder’ – Glenn Bedingfield says after Daphne inquiry report

Government parliamentary whip Glenn Bedingfield maintains he played no part in facilitating the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia after a public inquiry last week concluded that he carried out a sustained campaign to denigrate her.  Replying to questions sent by Times of Malta, Bedingfield said: “I played absolutely no role in facilitating any murder”. He was contacted after the conclusions of the public inquiry into the car bomb assassination of Caruana Galizia were published. The inquiry found that the state should be held responsible for failing to prevent the October 2017 assassination and for in part enabling it by fostering a “culture of impunity”. That situation led to the journalist being increasingly isolated “as she took on the nexus of politics and big business, with authorities unresponsive to evident risks to her life”. The panel of three judges highlighted the sustained denigrating and strong campaign against Caruana Galizia. Its worst expression, the public inquiry found, was a blog that was set up and led by Bedingfield, who used to occupy a role in the Office of the Prime Minister in Castille after Labour swept to power in 2013. Bedingfield did not weigh in on...