Man’s jail term converted to probation on appeal

While still finding Neil Zammit guilty of the crimes he admitted to, the court ordered that the punishment be converted to a three-year probation order. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli

A man who two years ago was caught red-handed trying to rob a store in Marsa has had an effective jail sentence converted to a probation order on appeal. Neil Zammit was 25 when he and four other young men were caught by the police skulking around il-Moll tal-Ħatab at around 1am on a Saturday...