A French man who was caught red-handed trying to steal a motorbike while drunk has been conditionally discharged for a year.

Alexis Pascal Buet, 25, pleaded guilty to trying to steal the motorbike from Birkirkara Road, St Julian’s, yesterday at 5.20 a.m.

Police Inspector Trevor Micallef told the court that policemen on the beat noticed Mr Buet in a drunken stupor trying to get on the bike and falling off a couple of times.

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