Three handbag robbers jailed

Three drug addicts were jailed for stealing 11 handbags from pedestrians in the space of a week. Charmaine Vella, 39, of Żebbuġ and Maurizio Massimiliano, 45, an Italian residing in Sliema, were jailed for two years and three months after they admitted...

Three drug addicts were jailed for stealing 11 handbags from pedestrians in the space of a week.

Charmaine Vella, 39, of Żebbuġ and Maurizio Massimiliano, 45, an Italian residing in Sliema, were jailed for two years and three months after they admitted committing the robberies in Sliema, Msida, Mellieħa, Gżira, Sta Venera and other towns between November 10 and 17.

Christine Spiteri, 45, of Sliema, was jailed for two years over the same charges.

The two women also pleaded guilty to slightly injuring the victims.

Handing down sentence, Magistrate Consuelo Herrera asked the prisons director to extend all the required assistance to the three individuals given their drug addiction.

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