A Georgian man was this morning charged with stealing a laptop from a shop in San Gwann last January.

Aleko Phandeev, 27, was also charged with escaping police custody last month and with assaulting and slightly injuring an officer at the Gzira health centre yesterday.

He was also charged with breaching the peace and threatening a police officer. Mr Phandeev was remanded in custody and his case was put off to a later date for him to consider his plea.

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