A man who apologised to a
pastizzeria attendant after holding her at knifepoint and demanding €20 in cash has been placed under probation for three years after pleading guilty.
Kevin Borg, 41, made his admission in court last week and was sentenced on Tuesday.
Magistrate Astrid May Grima said the court had considered his early guilty plea, his cooperation with the police as well as his drug dependence.
The court was told last week how Borg wore a face mask and hoodie and was armed with a penknife when he turned up at the outlet on Triq Tumbarellu, Għaxaq, demanding money from the 19-year old attendant.
A man who apologised to a
pastizzeria attendant after holding her at knifepoint and demanding €20 in cash has admitted his wrongdoing in court.
Kevin Borg, a 41-year old Ghaxaq resident, currently jobless, was accused of carrying out the hold-up at around 3:15pm on Monday.
He wore a face mask and hoodie and was armed with a penknife when he turned up at the outlet on Triq Tumbarellu, Ghaxaq, demanding money from the 19-year old attendant.
As she handed over a €20 note, the alleged aggressor apologised and promised to return the money, the court was told.
He was subsequently tracked down and arrested at his hometown on Wednesday afternoon.
Two young men landed in court on Friday both pleading not guilty after being tracked down by police as the suspects who mugged a Fgura resident, making off with
A man who allegedly held a betting outlet manager at gunpoint ran away with €1,300 and a tracking device handed over with the cash.
The alleged armed robbery took place at a shop on Naxxar Road in San Ġwann at around 8:15pm on March 3. Mark Anthony Bonnici, a 41-year-old Attard resident, was later tracked down by police officers in Sliema.
A female shop manager, testifying in court at the start of compilation proceedings against the alleged thief, explained how it was approaching closing time when a hooded man whose face was partly covered by a protective mask, walked into the shop and demanded the cash.
Elton Brincat, 42, from Marsa, and Brandon Cachia, 33, from Vittoriosa, were remanded in custody after pleading not guilty to mugging an elderly man on New Year’s day.
The two were jointly charged with the aggravated theft of the victim’s mobile which took place just after 5am on January 1, in Triq is-Salib tal-Marsa.
Brincat was separately charged with slightly injuring the victim, holding him against his will and breaching bail conditions dating back to 2018.
Cachia was separately charged with driving without a licence and insurance cover.
Both men were charged with relapsing.
Legal aid lawyer Martin Fenech, assisting Cachia, put forward a request for bail, arguing that the accused s last brush with the law had been “quite way off” in 2017 and besides, this was just the theft of a mobile, albeit allegedly with violence.