A man who stole €1,373 from his employer's safe just after he was dismissed from his job was this morning placed under a three year probation order and ordered to return the stolen money within six months.

Jake Charles Attard, 24, of St Paul' Bay stole the money from Eurosport's Concept in St Julian's just after he was told that he had lost his job, prosecutor Inspector James Grech and defence lawyer Anglu Farrugia said.

Dr Farrugia said his client had a clean police record, was a first time offender, and had never had any problems with the law. He committed this crime in a moment of desperation.

Magistrate Claire Stafrace Zammit acknowledged the fact that this had been a one-off incident for the accused. However, she did not want the incident to be the start of a criminal career so she placed the man under probation.

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