Three teenagers were this morning charged with attempted theft from a house in Madliena Village in Swieqi last Saturday.

One of the teenagers, a 15-year-old girl, was also accused of stealing items from the same apartment a week earlier.

The court heard that the girl was in a relationship with one of the accused, an 18-year-old man, who she wanted to help because he was out of a job and had been thrown out of home because of problems.

Both of them admitted to the charges. The girl was placed on probation for three years while the man, who refused to be represented by a lawyer, was jailed for 18 months suspended for three years.

The other accused, a 16-year-old man, was charged separately and pleaded not guilty. He claimed that the other two were lying about him. He was granted bail against a personal guarantee opf €2,000.

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