A man who stole a cash register from a grocery store at gunpoint, has avoided prison after showing the court that he was seeking professional help to change his ways. 49-year-old Themistocles Attard of Birżebbuġa was arrested in December 2018 on suspicion of being involved in an armed robbery at a Sta Venera store earlier that month. An armed robber
A husband has been given three years probation after a strange incident involving the man trying to find a number of ways to pay off a grocery debt. The case goes back to December 2018 when the now 49-year-old man, who lives in Birżebbuġa, had entered a Santa Venera grocery store, and picked up some items. He informed the shop owner that he didn’t
Photo: Miguela Xuereb A 49-year-old from Birżebbuġa was given a second chance after he overcame his drug addiction. The man, who was accused of theft, carrying a firearm without a licence and relapsing, among other charges, was spared jail when Magistrate Claire Stafrace Zammit converted his jail term into a probation. Themistocles Attard had held
A man who stole a cash register from a grocery store held the shopkeeper up at gunpoint earlier that day after offering him sex with his wife as a settlement. On the basis of proof that he has now reformed his ways after obtaining professional help, the thief was spared an effective prison sentence. In December 2018, Themistocles Attard, a 49-year-old
A man who made off with a cash registrar after holding up the shopkeeper at a grocery store at gunpoint was spared an effective jail term upon evidence that he has since mended his ways after seeking professional help. Themistocles Attard, a 49-year-old Birżebbuġa resident, had landed under arrest in December 2018 as the suspect behind an armed robbery