A 20-year-old Briton resident in Cospicua, Patrick McGahern, admitted in court today that he had stolen items from his brother's home in Malta in order to fund his drug habit.

The thefts occurred on and before August 12 in Marsascala.

Magistrate Mareanne Farrugia condemned him to three years probation and ordered him to undergo a drug rehabilitation programme

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