A federal judge said Wednesday that he may allow the Boston marathon bombing suspect to meet with his family without the presence of the federal agents investigating his case, a local newspaper reported, according to dpa. But Judge George O'Toole indicated that another agent not involved in the case could be assigned to monitor those meetings, according to the Boston Globe. Defence lawyers for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev have been pushing for the change, saying in order to build their defence against the terrorism charges, they need him to be able to speak freely about whether he had been influenced by his older brother. Tsarnaev, who was 19 at the time, and his older brother Tamerlan are accused of having detonated two home-made bombs near the finish line of the Boston Marathon in April 2013. -- SPA 23:36 LOCAL TIME 20:36 GMT تغريد
