A Bulgarian couple were yesterday given a six-month jail term suspended for a year for being in Malta illegally.
Tsvetan Dimitrov Hristov, 34, and Neli Yordanova Hristova, 33, pleaded not guilty to being in Malta without leave from the immigrations authorities in the past months.
They will be deported.
Police Inspector Sandro Zarb prosecuted.
Dr Leslie Cuschieri was appointed legal aid for the defendants.