A man and a woman were yesterday charged with stealing a handbag from a bar in Buġibba on Friday night.

Magistrate Marseann Farrugia heard Paolo Camilleri, 60, of Rabat and Grace Titcombe, 51, of St Paul’s Bay plead not guilty to stealing the bag they told the court they thought was theirs.

Mr Camilleri was also charged with committing a crime during the operative time of a suspended jail term. The two were granted bail against a personal guarantee of €5,000 each.

Police Inspector Therese Sciberras prosecuted.

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