Police agree with man's defence lawyer that his client needs help to overcome a serious drug addiction that is leading him to one theft after another
A suspect mugger who was granted bail last week on condition of joining a drug rehabilitation programme, landed back behind bars on Monday after allegedly returning to past habits.
Daniele Aquilina, 28 of Ta’ Xbiex, had been granted bail pending proceedings over a string of armed robberies in Paceville last October, when four victims were held up at knifepoint.
But last Saturday he was back under arrest for having allegedly held up two women while they were walking along the Ta’ Xbiex seafront on Wednesday night.
Aquilina, armed with a knife, had allegedly threatened his victims, slightly injuring one of them, before running off with a bag belonging to one of the women.