Bail for three accused of hold-ups
Three young men who stand charged with carrying out a string of armed robberies from convenience stores and a lotto booth between January and March have been granted bail.
Kane Grima, 20, Perrie Daniel Amarni Sciberras, 27, and Josef Galea, 19, had already had their request for bail turned down twice: once upon their arraignment and the second time two weeks ago.
Their request for bail was reconsidered by Madam Justice Edwina Grima, who granted Mr Grima bail against a €5,000 deposit and a €10,000 personal guarantee. The other two were granted bail against a €3,000 deposit and a €10,000 personal guarantee.
Madam Justice Grima noted that the parents were ready to help their children and that, in Kane Grima’s case, his father was ready to employ him.
Mr Sciberras and Mr Grima alone stand charged with the aggravated theft of €1,943 and of 600 euros worth of mobile phone top-up cards from The Convenience Store in Msida, with unlawfully keeping under arrest three people and conspiring with one or more persons to commit a crime.
Mr Grima and Mr Galea stand charged with the aggravated theft of €900 from The Convenience Shop in Gżira, of €2,868 from Tal-Kantuniera Convenience Store in...