Hi-fi theft lands man in jail for fourth time in a row
A Libyan whose criminal record dates back to 1997 was jailed yesterday for the fourth time after he admitted to stealing hi-fi equipment from a transit van.
This is not the first time Abdul Baset Dabia, 39, has come under the long arm of the law. In 2005, he spent a year in jail after assaulting four police officers and in 2006 he was imprisoned for driving a vehicle without a licence.
A more unusual incident occurred in 2006 when Mr Dabia connected his home electricity supply to the supply from a lamp post. He had received a one-year suspended jail term.
He is serving a 15-month jail term after making use of counterfeit bank notes and relapsing and was yesterday jailed by Magistrate Lawrence Quintano for another year.
The court heard how Mr Dabia had stolen the hi-fi equipment in November last year from a transit van in Żurrieq. Before handing down judgment, the court took into account the fact that he had admitted to the charges at an early stage of the proceedings and had cooperated with the police.
Police Inspector Raymond Cassar prosecuted. Lawyer Mark Busuttil appeared for Mr Dabia.
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lgalea
Nov 28th 2008, 08:55
ANTHEA PRESTON Agree 100% with,. Why should we be lumped with such people and not get rid of them? Vanessa Pace And also pay for any escort needed to make sure that he really returns to his country.
Anthony Portelli
Nov 27th 2008, 16:53
Talk about culture gap.
In his country this thief would lose a hand or two.
Over here he gets breakfast in bed.
Charles Sammut
Nov 27th 2008, 13:35
@ P Debono
"............he will break the law yet again as he has done four times before."
That should read "as he has been caught & convicted four times before." We don't know how many times he broke the law.
ANTHEA PRESTON
Nov 27th 2008, 11:48
I think we should be lobbying for the deportation with a lifetime ban of ever returning, forall immigrants, illegal or otherwise, who proceed to break the law or laws in the country that has given them refuge. They claim their human rights but what about the rights of others? There it talk today of more efforts being made to integrate immigrants into your society - good luck is all I can say. Won't ever work and how much more money and resources is that going to take? Dread to think. Constant drain on the nationals making merely surviving harder and harder as our income becomes less and less.....
albert rausi jnr
Nov 27th 2008, 11:24
Put this guy on a dingy and let him paddle back to wherever he came from.
JJ.Zammit
Nov 27th 2008, 11:05
Why we Maltese always have to be the number one in Europe,when i was in UK in the 80´s and i did a mistake,cos i was drunk in a pub,i was arrested then to court then deported from UK,this person has committed four offences in Malta and he is still Here..pajjiz tal MickyMouse
Vanessa Pace
Nov 27th 2008, 09:56
Do we really need the likes of this man in our country?? Why isnt' he (and people like him) sent back to where he/they came from and serve a prison sentence in their own country rather than absorb Maltese tax-payers money? Send him back!! (he can pay for his transportation there of course). Shouldn't the courts see to it that once a crime is repeated the offender should be deported rather than be allowed to roam our streets?
P Debono
Nov 27th 2008, 09:35
Deport this criminal back to his home country.
I'm fed up of paying my hard-earned taxes to finance criminals who clearly don't care about the justice system. I am 100% sure that when this criminal gets out of prison, he will break the law yet again as he has done four times before.