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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Ed Pilkington

Lawyer of suspect in healthcare exec killing explains client’s outburst at jail

a young man in an orange jumpsuit.
Luigi Mangione attends an extradition hearing at the Blair county courthouse in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday. Photograph: Eduardo Muñoz/Reuters

Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old suspect in the New York murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, is agitated and irritated about his treatment since he was arrested on Monday and held in a Pennsylvania jail, according to his lawyer.

Thomas Dickey, a veteran Pennsylvania trial lawyer who began representing Mangione on Tuesday, said that his client’s angry outburst as he was being led into an extradition hearing earlier this week was a product of his frustration.

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