Luigi Mangione‘s new protection lawyer spoke to reporters Tuesday afternoon from his places of work in Altoona, Pennsylvania.
Lawyer Tom Dickey stated he is been retained to symbolize Mangione, however didn’t supply additional particulars about his illustration. He said he believes Mangione ought to have been granted bail Monday … and emphasised Mangione didn’t waive his extradition in an earlier courtroom look in the present day.
“I have never seen any proof” that Mangione is the shooter, Dickey stated. “He is pleaded not responsible, that is all I care about.”
Dickey stated he got here onto the case “someday previous to the listening to in the present day” — it is unclear if he was court-appointed or employed. Requested if he might say who employed him, he stated “No … I can, however I will not.”
As we all know, Luigi Mangione is accused of fatally taking pictures UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson early Wednesday morning final week in Midtown Manhattan.
After a 5-day manhunt for an unnamed suspect, Mangione was arrested in an Altoona, Pennsylvania McDonald’s Monday … when a buyer acknowledged him from extensively distributed suspect photographs, and an worker known as police.
Officers discovered Mangione consuming on the restaurant … with proof allegedly connecting him to final week’s homicide on his individual — together with the gun, a faux ID, and a handwritten manifesto, in accordance with police.
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Mangione is going through expenses in Pennsylvania and in New York, the place he is been charged with homicide — he appeared in courtroom in an extradition listening to. He was briefly seen by reporters as he was escorted out of a police automobile — when he shouted towards cameras, earlier than cops rushed him into the courthouse.
