Update 2 - Lawyers request immediate release of man after mistaken arraignment

Lawyers representing Darryl Luke Borg, 27 of Birkirkara, this afternoon filed an urgent request for his release from custody after it resulted earlier in the day that he had been wrongfully arraigned and accused of a hold-up. The hold-up at The Convenience Store in Birkirkara took place on Sunday and another man owed up to it earlier today. Mr Borg was arraigned on Wednesday and was remanded in custody after pleading not guilty. This morning, however, the police arraigned Roderick Grech, 22 of Birkirkara, who pleaded guilty and was condemned to a 12-month jail term suspended for two years and placed under a supervision order. No one else took part in the hold-up Inspector Elton Taliana told Magistrate Claire Stafrace Zammit that the first arraignment was made by the Criminal Investigation Department but it was in fact the accused Roderick Grech who had committed the crime. He lamented that there was a lack of communication within the police force which led to this situation. The accused Roderick Grech had even handed over the balaclava and a toy plastic gun used in the hold-up, he said. The CCTV footage clearly showed that the stature of the man which matched Grech's. Defence...