Just 16.1% of people expected Yorgen Fenech to be found not guilty, according to a new MaltaToday survey examining public reaction to the verdict.The largest group, 40.8%, said they had not expected the verdict, while 24.9% said they had not been following the case. Another 7.8% answered “don’t know” and 10.5% did not reply.Among respondents who gave a definite answer either way, the difference was even clearer: 71.7% said they had not expected the acquittal, compared with 28.3% who had.Fenech was found not guilty of complicity in the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia and of criminal association following a 55-day trial, with the nine-member jury returning an 8-1 not-guilty verdict on both counts. The Attorney General has since appealed the acquittal.The survey also found differences in how closely different groups followed the case. More than half of PL voters did not give a definite view, with 31% saying they had not followed the case. Among PN voters, meanwhile, 50.9% said they had not expected the verdict.However, once those who had not followed the case, did not know or declined to answer were removed, the results among PL and PN voters were almost identical: 71.7% of PL voters and 72.2% of PN voters who expressed a definite view said they had not expected the acquittal.The survey was conducted between 22nd September and 2nd October among a representative sample of 835 respondents and carries a margin of error of ±3.4 percentage points at a 95% confidence level.What do you make of these findings? •