A 33-year-old man was jailed for seven months today after he admitted in court to stealing the handbag of a 73-year-old woman when he helped her cross a road in Hamrun.
Stephen Nappa, from Valletta, admitted to stealing the bag, containing €80, last Friday at about midday.
On handing down judgement Magistrate Doreen Clarke took note of Mr Nappa's early guilty plea, the nature of the crime and that this was not his first brush with the law.
She jailed him for seven months and recommended that, while in prison, he starts attending rehabilitation to overcome his drug addiction.