A 61-year-old Somali was today jailed for 20 months after he admitted to stealing cash from the donation box at the St George Preca Church in Blata l-Bajda.

Farah Said Hirsi also admitted to handling stolen property and committing the crime during the operative period of a suspended jail term.

Mr Hirsi was in a group of five people when the crime was carried out.

Three are still unkown and the other was minor who had been given a two-year jail term suspended for four years.

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