Alfred Bugeja, known as il-Porporina, was this evening jailed for seven years after jurors convicted him of stealing a car and its contents, including a shotgun.
Chief Justice Vincent de Gaetano in handing down sentence, said the Court had considered that Mr Bugeja had 52 previous convictions on 49 pages of criminal record.
Mr Bugeja was found guilty with seven votes against two of stealing a Toyota Hilux from in front of an ironmongery in Naxxar on May 15, 2006 at around 4.30 p.m. The vehicle had been left there by Raymond Pirotta with the engine running and the keys in the ignition.
Inside the van were a shot gun, ammunition and €35 in cash.