A man today admitted to an attempted theft and declared in open court that he would not commit another offence in society.
Maltese-born Ashraf Sultan, 32, was arrested on Monday after the police received a report that a man was attempting to break into a residence in Iklin. The suspect ran off without carrying on with his plan, but he was soon captured by police officers.
The man entered a guilty plea to the charges of attempted aggravated theft and voluntary damage to third party property.
Inspector Roderick Spiteri pointed out to Magistrate Neville Camilleri that although the accused had a perfectly clean criminal record, what he had done should be punished.
Lawyer Christopher Chircop argued that in this case, given the fact that this was his client's first brush with the law, he deserved to not be punished excessively.
The man was given a 16-month jail term suspended for two years.
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