A man with a 21-page conviction booklet over a variety of offences since his first court case two decades ago has been spared 30 months in jail after a judge heard how he had finally mended his ways.
Presiding over the court of criminal appeal, Madam Justice Consuelo Scerri Herrera noted that 41-year-old car dealer Keith Pace has spent more than half his life living a life of crime, mostly to fund his drug addiction.
However, this did not preclude the court from giving him another chance if it was convinced that he had really embarked on the road away from crime and other vices.