A Somali migrant admitted in court today that he crashed his car into the gate of Marsa open centre on Sunday morning after stealing a laptop computer and other items from a house in Zurrieq.
The laptop belong to Dutch national Roelof Henk Meinders.
Abdiwahab Ahmed Ali, who is resident in Hamrun, admitted to having been drunk and in no condition to drive.
The incident happened at about 9.30am.
The accused also admitted to breaching the conditions of another court sentence.
Sentence will be handed down on Thursday.