A man was today conditionally discharged for two years after admitting to having stolen a boat trailer, which he thought was abandoned.

Dan Petrila, 38, a Romanian resident in Marsascala, stole the trailer from outside a house in Zabbar on the night of April 14-15.

He was accused of stealing and altering the trailer.

Defence counsel Roberto Montalto said the accused had not damaged the trailer but altered it at a cost of some €230.

Magistrate Audrey Demicoli ordered Mr Petrila to return the trailer and to pay the owner for damages.

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