A man from Nadur was remanded in custody after he pleaded not guilty to attempting to carry out an armed robbery in a supermarket in Sannat last Tuesday.

Piju Grech, 34, was charged with attempted theft with a knife, possession of an unlicenced weapon and holding two women against their will.

He also pleaded not guilty, before presiding Magistrate Anthony Ellul, with falsely accusing the police of being corrupt while he was being kept at the police station.

Magistrate Ellul refused his request for bail and remanded Grech in custody.