One of the man accused of supplying the bomb that killed Daphne Caruana Galizia is insisting that there is evidence confirming his innocence. “Would I escape today when there is evidence showing that I am innocent?,” a lawyer representing Robert Agius (known as Ta' Maksar) pleaded in court on Monday when making a fresh request for bail. Agius, alongside his brother Adrian, their alleged associate Jamie Vella and George Degiorgio are undergoing criminal proceedings linking them to the journalist’s 2017 murder and that of lawyer Carmel Chircop, who was gunned down inside a Birkirkara garage complex in October 2015. Vella, together with Robert Agius also stand separately accused of supplying the explosive device used in the 2017 car bomb explosion that killed Caruana Galizia. Both brothers and Vella have been under preventive custody since their arraignment in February 2021. Now Agius is claiming that there is fresh evidence pointing to his innocence. Soon after the journalist’s murder, the brothers were among a number of persons who were arrested but subsequently released. It appeared that investigators had no evidence against them then, argued Agius’ lawyer, Alfred Abela. It...
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