
Heritage Malta revealed, and ‘unreservedly condemned’, an act of vandalism perpetrated by an 18-year-old Italian student which saw him etch letters on a main Ġgantija Neolithic monument.
The student was caught in the act by a security officer and resulted in police being summoned to the site.
The youth was arraigned during an urgent Gozo session on Monday, where he admitted to the charges brought against him.
He was sentenced to two years imprisonment suspended for four years, which is the maximum period permitted by law, and fined €15,000.
Heritage Malta issued a statement, saying that they have ‘invested considerably over the past months in the enhancement of security at its museums and sites’ and that they are satisfied with the timely intervention of the security officer.
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