Bail for former reenactor

A young man who used to take part in re-enactments at Fort Rinella this morning pleaded guilty to stealing €1,000 from the fort’s offices in Kalkara.

Police sources said Ryan Bartolo, 21, of Senglea, broke into the offices and made off with money he found in cash and charity boxes.

When legal aid lawyer Mark Mifsud Cutajar told the court that Mr Bartolo’s girlfriend could pay the money back, Magistrate Jacqueline Padovani said she did not want his girlfriend, with whom he was living, to pay the money for Mr Bartolo.

She told Mr Bartolo that she was giving him one month to find a job and pay back the money stolen before she hands down judgment.

He was granted bail against a personal guarantee of €1,000 until next month.