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Man exhibits weakness for sweetness

Oct 17, 2008 News

Dave Linton, 41, of 736 East Ruimveldt Housing Scheme, was yesterday given the alternative of paying $25,000 or facing nine months in jail.

The man made his court appearance before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson, at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on a charge of stealing stole one bottle of honey from Bounty Farm Limited on October 15. He pleaded guilty.

When asked by the magistrate why he stole the honey, the defendant said that he needed some money to buy cold medicine for his daughter so he went into the store and picked up the bottle of honey.

He said that he was caught by the security guard who told him that he needed to pay five times the cost of the item. Linton said that a bystander was attempting to give him $2000, but that wasn’t enough.

Police Prosecutor Sherwin Matthews told the court that on the day in question, about 13:00 hrs, Linton went into Bounty Limited in the supermarket section and picked up the item. Matthews said that this was not the first time that the defendant was charged for such an offence.

The accused concurred then told the magistrate that he had spent four months in prison for shoplifting.
When asked by the magistrate whether he had learnt anything, Linton replied that he learned how to “rear chickens”.

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