Magistrate Carol Peralta this morning congratulated a couple for managing to make a "miraculous" change and improve their lives from drug addicts to serious people.
"I saw you change before my eyes. This was a long case and you had problems but you seem to have overcome them. The change was miraculous and I compliment you for your willpower. You seriously impressed me," Magistrate Peralta told the couple after sentencing them to a conditional discharge of three years.
Anthony Grech, 32, and his girlfriend Justine Zammit, 30, of Zebbug, admitted to stealing three bags from Pretty Bay Birzebbuga and another bag from Ta Kalanka in Delimara between July and August 2011.