An unreformed thief was handed an 18 month jail term after he let slip various chances to change his lifestyle. Magistrate Miriam Haymen held the accused, Mark Scerri, 36 of Marsascala and residing at Bormla was given too many chances by the court but did not learn. Scerri stood charged with stealing and damaging property at Al Kafe in Marsascala in October 2008. He was also charged with relapsing after being found guilty of theft in 2005 and 2007. At the beginning of the procedures he had pleaded not guilty but afterwards filed a guilty plea. Fingerprints lifted from the crime scene matched those of the accused. Inspector Keith Arnaud prosecuted.