A drunk man who damaged a motorcycle and a house facade was arrested when he was found asleep in somebody else's car, a court heard.

Romanian-born Vasile Frumuzache, 29, having no fixed residence, pleaded guilty to having caused the damage while drunk last Saturday.

He damaged a motorcycle and the gate of a house in College Street, Rabat, before the police were alerted and tracked him down close by. 

Defence lawyer Yanika Bugeja, as legal aid counsel to the accused, said Mr Frumuzache was ready to pay for the damage, but no quantification had been made in the records of the case. 

She also pointed out that Mr Frumuzache had been in Malta for two months, during which he had not been involved in any trouble.

Magistrate Rachel Montebello condemned him to a 14-month jail term suspended for two years.

 

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