Week’s jail suspended for two years over ‘forged’ bus ticket
A Sudanese national is handed a suspended jail term after pleading guilty to using a forged Arriva bus ticket.
3 December 2013, 12:00am
Chris Mangion
Chris Mangion
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Akugbe Albangbee, 31, of Sudan but residing in Malta was handed a one-week sentence, suspended for two years, after admitting to using a forged Arriva bus ticket.
Defence lawyer Renzo Porsella Flores informed the court the accused was not the person who forged the ticket. "He simply used a ticket which had been tampered with", the lawyer said.
Prosecuting inspector Victor Aquilina exhibited two Arriva bus tickets, which were duly destroyed by the court.
Magistrate Francesco Depasquale condemned Akugbe Albangbee to a one-week imprisonment, suspended for two years. "The court is handing you a week's imprisonment but you will not be going to jail. Your offence is a minor crime however the court needs you to get the message that breaking the law comes at a price," the Magistrate explained.
Inspector Victor Aquilina prosecuted while legal aid lawyer Renzo Porsella Flores appeared for the accused.
Chris Mangion is MaltaToday’s photojournalist, joining the newspaper in 2013.
In 1995...
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Ah the joys of multiculturalism.
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I thought this kind of thing was handled with a fine and not criminal proceedings.
Paul Sammut •
Two years,albeit suspended, for a forged Arriva ticket?
Have the courts gone bonkers? OK, then what should Arriva get for the miserable service it is giving with rattling and dirty buses and their dismal, shabby service? Eternity?
