The court has sentenced a woman, who admitted her involvement in two robberies, to a one-year in prison that is suspended for two years.

Lucienne Lia, aged 27 and from Qormi, was accused of being complicit in the theft of a lotto office in San Gwaan on 12 November and the aggravated theft from an elderly woman on 20 November.

The court, which was presided over Magistrate Natasha Galea Sciberras, heard how Lia was apprehended and found to be the driver of a getaway car following a car chase after the incident on 20 November.

Lia would later confess to being in the getaway car in the case at the lotto office.

The court was also told that the accused was unemployed, that she had cooperated with the police, and that she was a passenger in the first incident, and was not informed about the theft during the second.

Tristan Falzon and Roderick Stanyer have been charged in separate criminal proceedings.

The Court imposed a one-year prison sentence that was suspended for two years and placed Lia under a supervision order

Police Inspectors Fabian Fleri and Kylie Borg prosecuted.

Lawyer Patrick Valentino was the legal aid of Lia.