Visually-impaired man denies Cospicua shooting

A man with very poor eyesight and restricted mobility has denied firing a weapon during a heated argument at Cospicua on Wednesday.   Carmel Calleja, 55, had to be physically guided into the courtroom and to his place at the dock, during his arraignment on Friday. The man, who described himself as unemployed owing to his poor vision, pleaded not guilty to being in possession of a firearm whilst allegedly committing a crime against the person, firing the weapon in an inhabited area, breaching the peace, uttering obscenities in public, threatening and insulting his victims as well as relapsing.  The violent incident took place on Wednesday evening, between 8pm and 9.15pm, on Triq id-Dejqa, when an argument allegedly broke out between the accused and two foreign men, apparently brothers. The situation had escalated to the point that the accused fired his weapon.  No one was injured.  [attach id=1012014 size="large" align="left" type="image"]The scene of the shooting in Cospicua. Photo: Police[/attach] Legal procurator Peter Paul Zammit, assisting the accused, requested bail, explaining that the man had “practically been assaulted in his own home,” by the two alleged victims, even...