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‘Church View’ thief placed on $50,000 bail
Court regular, Deochand Phillips, called ‘Deo’, 49, of no fixed place of abode was yesterday placed on $50,000 bail by Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo when he appeared before her at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court and pleaded not guilty to the charge of break and enter and larceny committed on Colin Edgar.
Deochand Phillips
According to prosecutor Orin Joseph, last Saturday, January 5, Phillips broke into Room 19 of the Church View International Hotel, at Main and King Streets, New Amsterdam, and stole $94,000 in local currency belonging to Edgar.
Joseph told the court that Edgar and his wife had booked into the hotel and had occupied the said room. During the night, Phillips who was described as a regular and a nuisance, broke into the room and removed the money which the man had in a pocket. Phillips was caught as he made a second attempt to enter the room during the morning hours.
Philips during the hearing told the court that he resides at 105 Woodley Park, West Coast Berbice.
He will have to return to court on January 28, for statements and fixtures.
Investigations are continuing into the matter as Phillips had implicated the hotel’s security guard, whom he had stated sent him to break into the room.
The money was recovered.
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