Taunting leads to sacrilege

Jul 06, 2012 News

– lands teen in jail for three years

A teen who told the court that he burglarised a church because his friends were teasing him about his shabby clothes, will spend the next three years in prison having being charged with breaking and entering a divine place of worship.
The accused, 16 year-old Allan Azimullah made his appearance at the Providence Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Leslie Sobers.
It is alleged that on July 3 at Second and Tank Street, Grove, East Bank Demerara, he broke into the Grove Seventh Day Adventist Church and stole one metal canister valued $35,000 and two cash receipt books valued $2,100. To the charge the accused pleaded guilty.
The court was told that on the day in question, a church member heard a strange noise coming from the building. Upon checking she noticed the accused attempting to escape. Other persons in the area were alerted as the man jumped through a window. A chase ensued and the accused was caught and subsequently handed over to the police.
When asked if he had anything to say in court yesterday, Azimullah told the court that he was fed up of his friends taunting him about his ‘old clothes’ so he decided to see if he could get some money. While pleading for leniency, the accused told the court that he knows the Magistrate well since he grew up in the same area where he lives.
“So if I release you, you will come into my area and do the same thing,” the Magistrate enquired from the accused who responded in the negative.
Azimullah was sentenced to three years in prison.

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