Man lands in jail for stealing 11-year old girl’s handbag

Ray Scicluna, 54, of Valletta an unemployed drug addict was  handed an 18 month jail term when he appeared in court to be sentenced over charges of theft. Scicluna was last Monday arraigned in court by Inspector Godwin Scerri. He pleaded guilty to the charges however  magistrate Natasha Galea Scibberas remanded the accused in custody and postponed the case for sentencing. The investigation followed the report of an 11-year-old girl whose handbag was stolen from the MacDonald's outlet in Valletta. The value of the contents inside the handbag was €460. The police identified the culprit from CCTV footage and arrested Scicluna.  He is known to the police over various thefts from Mc Donald’s, Burger King and other restaurants. In the sitting scheduled for sentencing, Magistrate Natasha Galea Scibberas handed Scicluna an 18 month jail term. Inspector Godwin Scerri prosecuted