A 62-year-old man has been condemned to a six-month suspended jail term after he admitted stealing two bulk packets with 1,600 cigarettes from a shop at the airport arrivals' lounge yesterday.

Emanuel Attard, a Maltese resident in the UK, had just flown in from London when he stole the cigarettes.

His counsel told the court this morning that Mr Attard is a chain smoker and he was low on cash.

The court said such behaviour was unacceptable but decided to hand down a suspended sentence because Mr Attard had no previous convictions.

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