Charged with theft

A Zabbar man was yesterday charged with stealing a car on Sunday and burgling a bar last year. Anton Vassallo, 24, pleaded not guilty to stealing John Fiorini's Ford Capri from Zabbar on Sunday and stealing over Lm1,000 in cash from X-bar, Marsascala,...

A Zabbar man was yesterday charged with stealing a car on Sunday and burgling a bar last year.

Anton Vassallo, 24, pleaded not guilty to stealing John Fiorini's Ford Capri from Zabbar on Sunday and stealing over Lm1,000 in cash from X-bar, Marsascala, to the detriment of Anthony Zarb on January 15, 2002.

He also pleaded not guilty to damaging the car and the bar, handling stolen property, committing the crimes during the operative time of a suspended jail term, breaching the conditions of a previous release and relapsing.

He was remanded in custody.

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