Updated 7.30pm with Corinne Vella's statement The government told the judges presiding the Daphne Caruana Galizia murder inquiry on Tuesday that once they had taken it upon themselves to extend the inquiry's deadline and its terms of reference, they must now assume responsibility for the consequences. The inquiry was meant to be concluded in September but the prime minister had granted it a one-off extension to today, Tuesday. But on Monday the judges said they needed more time to conclude their work, and they said the inquiry would therefore continue past the new deadline. They pointed out in particular they needed to know about the findings of data from electronic devices analysed by Europol which will become available in January.