A 15-year-old caught red handed trying to steal the rims off a car was charged in court yesterday when Daniel Micallef Borg and Jean Rossi described how they carried out a citizen's arrest on catching the boy in the act.

The car had been parked in Baċillier Road in Naxxar on April 2, 2010. On returning to it, they found the teenager with another man who was standing behind him and upon realising that they had been caught, they both took off running, the two men testified.

They said they managed to grab one of them, who they recognised in court as the accused.

The case continues.

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