Latest update March 23rd, 2025 9:41 AM

Guyana's largest selling daily and New York's most popular weekly

Latest News

12 months jail for bag thief

Jan 14, 2009 News

Raul Evans will spend the next 12 months in jail for picking up a bag which he claimed was left in a mini bus.
Evans was before the courts for stealing one handbag containing a quantity of items valued at $85,000, property of Aubrey Huggins, at Bartica.
Despite Evans’s claims, police were convinced that he had actually stolen the bag while the owner was distracted.
Police Prosecutor Denise Griffith told the court that on the day in question, Evans was a passenger in a minibus along with Huggins.
The prosecutor further told the court that the defendant disembarked with the handbag, unknowingly to the owner.
After Huggins discovered that the bag was missing, he and the police received information which prompted them to go to Evans’s home.
When the investigators went to Evans’s home, he did not waste any time in quickly handing over to the police the bag with all the contents inside.
However, the convict told the court that he was in the bus and that Huggins had forgotten the bag in the bus.
But instead of taking the bag back to its rightful owner, Evans decided that the contents were worth more in his possession, and took it home.
A few hours later, the police and Huggins turned up at his house to enquire about the missing bag.
The man said he immediately handed over the bag with all the contents.
After hearing that he could face imprisonment, Evans asked the presiding magistrate if he could sing a “gospel song” as “a get out of jail free pass”, but this request was denied by the magistrate, and Evans was jailed for 12 months.

Similar Articles

The Glenn Lall Show|| March, 17th, 2025

Follow on Tik Tok @Glennlall

THE BLUNT OF THE DAY

Sports

Reliance Hustlers delighted for Youth Programme support from First Lady

Reliance Hustlers delighted for Youth Programme support from First...

Mar 23, 2025

Kaieteur Sports- President of Reliance Hustlers Sports Club Trevis Simon has expressed delight for the support of the Youth Programme from First Lady Arya Ali under her National Beautification...
Read More
Relentless Chase demoralize West Dem’ to remain unbeaten

Relentless Chase demoralize West Dem’ to remain...

Mar 23, 2025

AAG makes history with US$300K Adidas sponsorship deal

AAG makes history with US$300K Adidas sponsorship...

Mar 23, 2025

Historic NSC sponsored GGA 2nd Annual National Long Drive Championships set for March 29

Historic NSC sponsored GGA 2nd Annual National...

Mar 23, 2025

St. Lucia’s Elite Blazers takes aim at FIBA 3×3 World Tour in Edmonton

St. Lucia’s Elite Blazers takes aim at FIBA...

Mar 22, 2025

Petra/Milo U18 Football kicks off Round II action today

Petra/Milo U18 Football kicks off Round II action...

Mar 22, 2025

Features/Columnists

Publisher’s Note

Freedom of speech is our core value at Kaieteur News. If the letter/e-mail you sent was not published, and you believe that its contents were not libellous, let us know, please contact us by phone or email.

Feel free to send us your comments and/or criticisms.
Contact: 624-6456; 225-8452; 225-8458; 225-8463; 225-8465; 225-8473 or 225-8491.
Or by Email: glennlall2000@gmail.com / kaieteurnews@yahoo.com

Weekend Cartoon

Bridge Watch

Demerara Harbour Bridge

> Berbice Bridge […]