A shopkeeper at a San Ġwann convenience store tearfully told a court this afternoon how she stared down the barrel of a gun as two masked men walked into the shop and forced her to hand over money from the day's sales. Pamela Sant was one of several witnesses who testified today in the case against Kane Grima, 20, Perrie Daniel Amarni Sciberras, 27, and Josef Galea, 19, who stand accused of carrying out a string of armed robberies from convenience stores and a lotto booth between January and this month. The total amount of money, cigarettes and mobile phone top-up cards which were stolen exceeds €7,500. "There is no need to be afraid," Magistrate Joe Mifsud told the witness as she described how two men entered the shop she worked in at around 9.10pm on March 2. Both men were wearing a balaclava, with the taller of the two brandishing a silver pistol while the other held a bag into which the loot was thrown. The witnesses' successive testimonies revealed a similar pattern in the way the trio conducted the hold-ups. Two of the accused would allegedly enter the targeted shops clad in balaclavas or in "black carnival masks" in the evening, as the shop employees were about to start...
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