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French youths charged with damaging street furniture
Magistrate fines them and gives them one year’s conditional discharge
7 August 2013, 12:00am
Chris Mangion
Chris Mangion
1 min read
Two French youths were charged with damaging a street bench, property of the St Julian's local council.
Haces Benjamin Bernard is currently following a course as an apprentice plumber, while Fontaine Alexis Marius Jean is in Malta to study English. Both are aged 20.
The youths pleaded guilty to the charges, claiming in court that they needed wood for "a bed" and to feed a BBQ fire. The incident happened early Wednesday morning at 5am.
Magistrate Gabriella Vella handed the French youths one year's conditional discharge and ordered them to pay €370 in damage to the local council.
Legal aid Anthony Cutajar appeared for the youths.
Chris Mangion is MaltaToday’s photojournalist, joining the newspaper in 2013.
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Another French youth was seen in Sliema hitting cars with his shoes. The French are renowned for their respect for their own country, even for their language. I can never understand why, while they are so respectful to their own country they just act as pests in other countries and being bad ambassadors and presenting a bad image of their own country.
