Who were your accomplices? 3.10pm Teasing details about the heist out of the witness is proving difficult. Debono explains he was waiting outside in a van while the audacious daylight heist took place. He recalls how he drove off when police turned up outside HSBC's Qormi headquarters. "We drove off and I called one of the accomplices inside to alert them about the police presence. We went round the block. Then I heard shots" "As we arrived back opposite bank, I fired shots in the air. The police opened fire. I was hit in the face. Vince [Kohhu] was inside with the others. He refuses to name who the two other accomplices who accompanied Kohhu inside the bank are. "Please your honour, I won’t name them. I don’t want to put my son’s life in danger." Witness warned 3.07pm The court runs Debono through the consequences of him not telling the truth on the witness stand. These include a fine or even separate charges. "It’s not that I do not want to say the truth, I just don’t want to name third parties who are not here," It-Topo insists. Magistrate Vella holds firm: "It’s normal to mention persons who are not here." Doors wide open 3.05pm The magistrate shoots down a...
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