A 42-year-old man has been jailed for six years and six months for being an accomplice in the dramatic attempted hold-up on a Valletta jewellery in 2010. Jason Galea, of Birżebbuga, was found guilty of taking part in the early-morning hold-up on Frank Zampa Jewellery on September 18, 2010. Mr Zampa, then 79, had foiled the hold-up when he surprised the aggressors -armed with an iron bar and a fake gun - by resisting them. In 2011, Marcus John Calleja, 37 of Balzan, admitted his involvement in the same crime and was jailed for three years. Later, another man, Michael Zahra, 39, of Valletta, was also charged. He too admitted and was jailed for three years. Mr Zampa had described to Times of Malta how he was about to recite the Angelus in the shop bearing his name in St Lucy Street, Valletta when the men stormed into the shop shouting incomprehensibly. He retaliated, yelling "Ajjut,ajjut" (help) at the top of his voice. His cry was reportedly heard from outside the law courts and the sacristy in St Paul's Church. "To my right, a tall man grabbed my throat and tried to push me down to the floor. Another man pushed me aside and pointed a revolver in my direction." "I raised my...
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