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14-month sentence shocks shoplifter

May 10, 2013 News

 

Due to his criminal history and the fact that he did not waste the court’s time, 54-year-old Derrick Persaud, of 45 Stanleytown, Berbice, who appeared yesterday before Magistrate Sueanna Lovell at the Georgetown Magistrates’ court, was sentenced to 14 months for the charge of simple larceny.
The prosecution revealed to the court that on May 8, the defendant was caught trying to steal two packets of Gillette Cool Wave gel worth $4,786 from Bounty Supermarket on Water Street. Before the defendant could make good his escape, he was apprehended and taken to the police station where he was charged for the said offence.
Persaud, who was previously sentenced for the possession of cannabis for the purpose of trafficking, pleaded guilty to the present allegations.
Persaud, who was obviously in a state of shock when the court served its judgment, exclaimed “What! Is wha’ story is this? 14 months just fuh shoplifting? I know is 6 months.”

 

 

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