Mobile phone thief pleads guilty

He was handed a suspended sentence after admitting to the charges against him

2 October 2018, 12:47pm
by Matthew Agius

A mobile phone thief has been given a suspended sentence after admitting to the charges against him.

Marsascala resident Ali Alatebi, 23, from Iraq appeared before magistrate Rachel Montebello this morning, charged with the theft of a mobile phone worth €190 from another man in Birzebbuga on 1 October.

The accused pleaded guilty as charged.

In view of his admission, the court handed him a one-month prison sentence, suspended for a year and explained the effects of this sentence to him.

Inspector Roderick Attard prosecuted. Lawyer Yanika Bugeja was defence counsel.

Matthew Agius is Senior Reporter on Law and Court Affairs at MaltaToday. He is also a Leg...