Deelian Mifsud, a 21-year-old Gozitan, has been denied bail and remanded in custody after pleading not guilty to dragging and throwing a Somali man into the sea after a confrontation in Mġarr, Gozo.
Mifsud was charged with attempted grievous bodily harm, causing his alleged victim slight injuries, damaging the man’s Apple iPhone, breaching the public peace and also breaching the terms of a probation order delivered in October by the Criminal Court.
Jean Paul Grech, the lawyer representing Mifsud, said that there was no alleged racist element behind the charges against his client.