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A man linked to a spate of thefts targeting cars parked outside owners’ homes, was remanded in custody on Friday, while his co-accused pleaded guilty and was handed a suspended sentence.
Matthew Frendo, 45, who gave investigators a Rabat address, was denied bail after pleading not guilty to nine thefts. All but one were allegedly committed over a five-day spree starting on April 16 in Żebbuġ , Qormi and Ghaxaq.
The other theft took place on March 14 at Qormi.
Cash was also allegedly stolen from a Żebbuġ chapel on April 16.
James Alexander Casha, a 49-year old construction worker from Siggiewi, was jointly charged over seven of the thefts.
Two men charged over theft spree
Two men have been charged with a string of thefts that took place in April
23 April 2021, 2:30pm
by Matthew Agius
Two men have been charged with a string of thefts.
Construction worker James Alexander Casha, 49 from Siggiewi, was handed a sentence of imprisonment for two years, suspended for four, after he pleaded guilty to a litany of theft charges.
Casha was arraigned before magistrate Claire Stafrace Zammit this morning, together with 45-year-old Matthew Frendo from Rabat, accused of breaking into eight cars, as well as the chapel of Our Lady of Sorrows in Zebbug. The crimes all took place over the span of four days in mid-April.