Three plead guilty to stealing handbag

Two women and a 13-year-old girl this afternoon pleaded guilty to stealing the handbag of a Turkish tourist while at Fuego in St Julian’s early yesterday morning. Mariella Scicluna, 38, of Qormi, Leanne Bonett, 18, of Tarxien and the minor, who is from...

Two women and a 13-year-old girl this afternoon pleaded guilty to stealing the handbag of a Turkish tourist while at Fuego in St Julian’s early yesterday morning.

Mariella Scicluna, 38, of Qormi, Leanne Bonett, 18, of Tarxien and the minor, who is from Floriana, stole Esin Akyuz’s handbag which contained a mobile phone, €5 and credit cards.

After pleading guilty, they paid Ms Akyuz €150.

The adults were conditionally discharged for a year, the minor for three months.

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