A man was yesterday jailed for nine months after he was found guilty of defrauding a non-governmental organisation when he forged signatures on several cheques when he was still 17 years old.

The man, whose name cannot be published on court order since he was still a minor when he committed the crime, on 11 February 2003, was found guilty of stealing a Bank of Valletta chequebook from Old Mint Street in Valletta and defrauding the Moviment Azzjoni Socjali of more than Lm1,000.

Magistrate Lawrence Quintano jailed the man for nine months.

Police Superintendent Alexandra Mamo prosecuted.