A street cleaner with a gambling habit has been placed under probation after admitting to a swindle. Noel Bonello, 38, lured a 40-year old woman to hand over thousands with which he proposed to secure her social accommodation, bragging about his contacts within the Housing Authority. When no promised accommodation materialized, the woman filed a police report against the man who had allegedly defrauded her out of her savings. Criminal investigations led to Mr Bonello’s arrest and arraignment over charges of misappropriation and fraud.
