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Three girls charged with stealing €11,000 worth of clothes
Terranova owner claims value of stolen items to be five times higher than originally stated.
20 June 2013, 12:00am
Chris Mangion
Chris Mangion
1 min read
The police asked the court to amend theft charges against two youths after the owners of Terranova claimed the amount stolen exceeded €11,000.
Noella Agius, Sabrina Chetcuti and Maria Victoria Agius were arraigned in court over thefts from the Terranova outlet in Paola. They were charged with stealing items worth €2,330.
Magistrate Carol Peralta heard how following the admission of one of the girls, the police separated the cases.
The owners of Terranova, through their lawyer, later informed the police the total of the stolen items was over five times that originally claimed.
Noella Agius admitted to the charges and was given a six-month conditional discharge. In her statement she held the value the items stolen was between €1.99 and €7.99. The total value, she said, could not have been more than €70.
The prosecution said 24-year-old Chetcuti stole from the Terranova outlets on 10 separate occasions. She was charged with stealing items worth €2,330 however the police asked the court to amend the value to €11,000.
The hearing of Maria Victoria Agius, 21 from Rahal Gdid is expected in the coming days. Her charges were also amended to read the higher amount claimed by Terranova owner Diane Izzo.
Chris Mangion is MaltaToday’s photojournalist, joining the newspaper in 2013.
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WHOM IS THE SHOP OWNER TRYING TO JOKE WITH? 11,000 EUROS WORTH OF CHINESE RUBBISH AND MOST PROBABLY UNDECLARED STOCK PURCHASED FROM ANOTHER RETAILER. HE IS LUCKY THESE GIRLS GOT AWAY WITH JUST A FEW CLOTHS AND WERE IS THE PROOF OF THE VALUE OF THE STOLEN CLOTHS? AND DOES HE HAVE PROOF OF ALL THE QUANTITY OF CLOTHS HE STOCKS IN HIS SHOP? I WONDER!! EVEN THE POLICE THAT MADE THIS REPORT SHOULD BE QUESTIONED IN COURT AS TO THE POSSIBILITY THERE WERE ARRANGEMENTS BETWEEN HIM AND THE OWNER OF THE SHOP IN QUESTION. DONT CRITISIZE THESE GIRLS BEFORE THE TRUTH IS LAID OUT!!
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What these girls did is very bad BUT blaming them for the amount being stated by the owners is way much worse if they are trying to load all the pilferage on them and the owners should be prosecuted for perjury. First of all the price of the items includes V.A.T and profit so one has to deduct these from the selling price to arrive at the true cost of the item and then one begs the question and ask if these girls made a hold-up on the shop and emptied in to a van or vans since to arrive at the figure being claimed and the cost of the items they would have had to cart away from the shop around 5,000 items of clothing.
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No problem, the Magistrate might find it in his heart to let these girls get away with a Suspended Sentence as is usually the case, but we have to wait and see. I hope the Magistrate sees to it that these nice girls pay back the cost of the clothes they stole and if not prison, a lot of hours of community service maybe in an elderly home or someplace like that.
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What these girls did is very bad BUT blaming them for the amount being stated by the owners is way much worse if they are trying to load all the pilferage on them and the owners should be prosecuted for perjury. First of all the price of the items includes V.A.T and profit so one has to deduct these from the selling price to arrive at the true cost of the item and then one begs the question and ask if these girls made a hold-up on the shop and emptied in to a van or vans since to arrive at the figure being claimed and the cost of the items they would have had to cart away from the shop around 5,000 items of clothing.
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What these girls did is very bad BUT blaming them for the amount being stated by the owners is way much worse if they are trying to load all the pilferage on them and the owners should be prosecuted for perjury. First of all the price of the items includes V.A.T and profit so one has to deduct these from the selling price to arrive at the true cost of the item and then one begs the question and ask if these girls made a hold-up on the shop and emptied in to a van or vans since to arrive at the figure being claimed and the cost of the items they would have had to cart away from the shop around 5,000 items of clothing.
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What these girls did is very bad BUT blaming them for the amount being stated by the owners is way much worse if they are trying to load all the pilferage on them and the owners should be prosecuted for perjury. First of all the price of the items includes V.A.T and profit so one has to deduct these from the selling price to arrive at the true cost of the item and then one begs the question and ask if these girls made a hold-up on the shop and emptied in to a van or vans since to arrive at the figure being claimed and the cost of the items they would have had to cart away from the shop around 5,000 items of clothing.
