A man was yesterday charged in court with stealing a charity box from a pharmacy after allegedly being caught on CCTV stuffing it into his backpack.

A video of the theft was uploaded to YouTube.

Stephen Galli, 49, a US-born man resident in Sliema, denied the theft, which allegedly took place on July 30 from Chemimart in Republic Street, Valletta, and stealing a perfume from the same shop in November. He was remanded in custody.

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