Denis Cremona, 35 and John and his wife Maruska Mamo, 26 and 28, respectively, have been jailed for a year after they admitted to trying to steal the handbag from a Japanese tourist in St Julians.

Mr Cremona also admitted to relapsing.

Magistrate Edwina Grima considered their requests to join a drug rehabilitation programme and the fact that they had committed a similar crime within days of this crime.

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