A 61-year-old Somali was jailed for 20 months after he admitted to stealing cash from the donation box at St Ġorġ Preca church, in Blata l-Bajda, last February.
Farah Said Hirsi also pleaded guilty to handling stolen property and committing the crime during the operative period of a suspended jail term. Mr Hirsi formed part of a group of five people when the crime was carried out. Three remain unknown and the fourth, a minor, was given a two-year jail term suspended for four years.