Restaurateur cleared of stealing meat products
A restaurateur has been cleared of stealing some €7,000 worth of food from an importer and wholesaler after a court ruled that the prosecution had failed to prove the essential elements of the criminal case. 57-year-old George Lanzon from Mosta, who runs three restaurants, had been charged with the theft after a police report was filed in 2015 by Valhmor Borg Import Export Ltd claiming that its stock, particularly that at Miracle Foods, was dwindling. The company told the police it suspected that Lanzon, who had been their client for a good 25 years, had been in cahoots with an employee t...