Jonathan Felice, 25, was this afternoon jailed nine years after jurors found him guilty of breaking into the home of an elderly woman and slightly injuring her.

Mr Felice committed the crime in the afternoon of June 27, 2006, when he was 17, along with two other men.

During the trial, the accused insisted he was not involved in the case but the woman, Dolores Debono, then 81, recognised him on four occasions - twice during two separate identification parades, once through photographs shown to her by the police and another time in court when she testified in his compilation of evidence.

Lawyers Giannella Busuttil and Nadia Attard are prosecuting on behalf of the Attorney General's Office while lawyer Leslie Cuschieri is defending the accused.