A man was robbed of his mobile and some €700 in cash as he was taking photos of two men inside a Marsa store after recognizing one of them as the aggressor who had attacked him a while before, a court heard on Wednesday. The incident landed Justin Mallia, 24 of Santa Lucija - one of the two men in the store - back in court, months after he had been granted bail in separate proceedings. The case started on Monday evening when a Somali man reported that he had been having a drink at a Marsa bar when a stranger drove up in a car, stepped out and assaulted him. Following that allegedly unprovoked attack, the stranger drove off. Later that evening at around 9:pm, the victim was walking along Triq is-Serkin when he spotted two men inside a store. One of them - not the accused- appeared to be the same man who had attacked him earlier. He decided to photograph the men and then file a police report. Police Inspector Sarah Kathleen Zerafa said CCTV footage showed the alleged victim holding up his mobile phone to snap pictures of the two. The accused signalled his mate and then ran after the victim, attacking him and snatching the mobile phone, together with some €700 in cash which were...
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