A woman who stole a bag containing €3,500 in cash from a partially blind shopkeeper in St Paul's Bay has been jailed for two years after failing to return the money.

Carmela Cini, 46 of St Paul's Bay, admitted to having stolen the bag from Mounia Romano on February 5 last year.

She also admitted to having, a few days previously, also stolen cigarettes and other products worth €232 from the same shop.

Magistrate Yana Micallef Stafrace in handing down the sentence, noted that the victim has sight problems, the accused has a 'colourful criminal record'  and she had failed to return the stolen cash despite having been given the opportunity to do so by the court.

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