A man who stole a mobile phone has been given a 16 month jail term suspended for four years.

The 24-year-old Romanian, Ionut Neagu, from St Julian’s, admitted stealing the HTC mobile phone on April 6 from Mohamed Elbakkouri after meeting him in Havana nightclub.

He was also ordered to pay the victim €500 for the phone.

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