Zejtun man pleads guilty to fuel thefts

A 36-year-old Zejtun man was sentenced to two years suspended for four after he admitted to committing a string of fuel thefts from cars and factories.

Charles Farrugia was charged with stealing two cars and a total of €540 worth of fuel from parked cars in Gudja, Zejtun, Zabbar and Paola, during which he slightly injured the owner of one of the vehicles. He was also charged with the attempted theft of a vehicle and of relapsing.

Farrugia pleaded guilty to all charges.

In addition to the suspended sentence, Magistrate Doreen Clarke noted that the accused had already been conditionally discharged in 2013 and so ordered him to pay a fine of €500 within a period of one year and placed him under a two-year probation order.

Inspectors Carlos Cordina and Melvyn Camilleri prosecuted.