Man jailed for handling stolen property

Leandross Cutajar, 24 of Cospicua was today jailed for five months after he pleaded guilty in court to handling stolen property worth over €232. He denied relapsing.

In another case, Mark Cauchi, 28 of Paola, pleaded not guilty to having been involved in a theft from a car on June 12 in Paola to the detriment of Sharon Grima. He was accused of having stolen a handbag containig credit cards, a mobile phone and cash for a total value of over €232. He also denied damaging the car.

Magistrate Edwina Grima ordered that he be placed under house arrest against a personal guarantee of €4,000.

Comments

Denis Catania (on 6/8/08)

Alyhough I don't condon handling of stolen property, Mr Cutajar gets 5 months and a man bringing couterfiet money to Malta or attack our police at the stadium, get a free pass. Where is justice? Tourists can commit crimes and all they get is their vacation cut by a few days. A Maltese steals 230Euros worth of stuff and loses his freedom. Again not that I condon this, but justice has to be fair with everybody.

David Muscat (on 6/8/08)

He should have handled stolen property worth 100 times as much, or become an MP. He would have gotten a suspended sentence!!