Defiant Gozo car thief jailed for three years
A car thief has been jailed for three years after being convicted of two counts of vehicle theft by a Gozo court
7 January 2021, 3:22pm
by Matthew Agius
A car thief has been jailed for three years after being convicted of two counts of vehicle theft by a Gozo court.
Marc Luigi Alwan, 22, who has no fixed place of residence, had been accused of stealing a Mercedes car and a Ford Transit van from Zebbug, Gozo and Kercem, respectively, during the night between 24 and 25 June 2020.
The owner of the Mercedes had called the police in the early hours of the morning on 25 June last year to report that it had been stolen. During that same night, a security officer at a facility in Ghajnsielem had tipped off the police that he had just seen Alwan carrying a black car key and that the man had left the scene in a Transit van.
A relapser has landed a three-year jail term after stealing a Mercedes car and a van in Gozo.
Marc Luigi Alwan, 22, having no fixed address, was tracked down by police in the early hours of June 25, shortly after the owner of a Mercedes Benz had called the Rabat police station to report that his car had disappeared.
That car had been parked outside the owner’s home at Marsalforn.
A few minutes after the theft was reported, at 2.30am, a security officer detailed outside an Ghajnsielem night shelter informed the police that he had spotted the accused going by with a black car key in hand. Soon after, he saw Alwan drive away in a white Ford Transit van, bearing the advert of a local supermarket.