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A restaurateur has been cleared of stealing some €7,000 worth of food from an importer and wholesaler after a court ruled that the prosecution had failed to prove the essential elements of the criminal case.
57-year-old George Lanzon from Mosta, who runs three restaurants, had been charged with the theft after a police report was filed in 2015 by Valhmor Borg Import Export Ltd claiming that its stock, particularly that at Miracle Foods, was dwindling.
The company told the police it suspected that Lanzon, who had been their client for a good 25 years, had been in cahoots with an employee to steal food products.
Man cleared of stealing €7,000 of products from food importer
A 57-year-old man was found not guilty of stealing €7,000 worth of food products and handling stolen goods as part of an inside job on a food importer
21 April 2021, 3:49pm
by Matthew Agius
57-year-old George Lanzon from Mosta has been found not guilty of stealing €7,000 worth of food products and handling stolen goods as part of an inside job on a food importer.
Lanzon had been arrested in 2015 after Valhmor Borg Import Export Ltd filed a police report, suspecting employees and clients had been collaborating to steal products from them. This after discrepancies in the stock and CCTV footage were examined.
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