| Anil Persaud was yesterday sentenced to three months in jail after pleading guilty to a charge of simple larceny. The matter was heard by acting Chief Magistrate Priya Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.Corporal Venetta Pindar told the court that on October 30,Nike Epic React Flyknit For Sale, last,Nike Air Max 2018 Mens Shoes, at Prashad Nagar,Cheap Nike Epic React Flyknit, Georgetown,Cheap Adidas Superstar Shoes, the accused who was employed by Bhaunaswar Sahadeo as a porter/cleaner, made good his escape with a quantity of nuts, bolts and washers cost of $10,Cheap Jerseys Store,000.Pindar stated that the plaintiff operates his business below his home at Prashad Nagar. The prosecutor went on to explain that on the day of the incident the accused saw when another employee took out the articles that were supposed to be marketed, and he subsequently removed them. After the items and the accused were discovered missing, the matter was reported to the police. Upon his apprehension he admitted to the offence.As those details were being related to the court, Persaud shouted out “but I gave it back to de mistress!” But Sahadeo who was standing next to the prisoner’s dock contradicted Persaud’s claims. During a brief exchange of words the accused asked the plaintiff,Cheap Air Max Shoes For Sale, “How you gun know when you was not there when I give dem back to de mistress?”Sahadeo informed the court that the accused was sometime back sentenced to two years imprisonment. In defending himself, Persaud stressed emphatically that he never was sentenced for any offence by any magistrate “I swear on my life I never was in prison… I swear.”The prosecution supported Persaud’s assertion.Magistrate Beharry told the accused that she had taken into consideration that he is a first time offender, the value of the items that were allegedly stolen and the prevalence of the said offence in handing down the penalty.And 39-year-old Ronald Wright pleaded guilty to a charge of break and enter and larceny. He also appeared before Magistrate Beharry. The accused, who was unrepresented, told the court that because he did not received his salary from the plaintiff, he broke into a storeroom and took the articles.The court was told that on March 23, last, at Howes Street, Charlestown, Georgetown, the accused broke into the storeroom of Dwayne Harcourt and carted off several tools, valued at $12,000.Harcourt, who was present in court, stated that he contracted the accused to weed some grass in front of his house. Before starting the job the accused requested “a raise” to “buy a smoke”, he was then given $200. Little did the plaintiff know that it would be the last day he would see Wright at his home. After those facts were related to the court, the accused exclaimed that he decided to commit the act because he was not paid after completing his job.The magistrate then told Wright that though the articles were of relatively small value it was unlawful for him to take matters into his own hands.With that Wright was sentenced to three months in the Camp Street prison.He was lead out of the courtroom saying, “When I stop smoking I gun get even”. |
