A car thief used his tow truck to steal eight vehicles and sell them as scrap metal.

Renald Barbara, 31 from Rabat, was yesterday jailed by a court for nine months after admitting the crimes and relapsing.

He stole two Skoda Favorits, a Peugeot 106, a Seat Ibiza, a Seat Terra, a Fiat Bravo, a Tata Safari and a Piaggo Van between July and last week from across the island.

He then sold them to a scrap dealer for €800, the court heard.

Four of the cars had been abandoned and had local council notices attached requesting the owners to remove them within a stipulated time frame. The owners of the rest had filed police reports.

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