Latest update November 26th, 2024 1:00 AM
Brazilian jailed for 12 months for break and enter
A 20-year old Brazilian national will spend 12 months in prison on account of a theft he admitted to have committed on a general store.
Junior DaSilva pleaded guilty to a break and enter charge which was yesterday read to him by Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.
Junior DaSilvsa, Brazilian national imprisoned
DaSilva broke into Mohan’s General Store at 517 Tabatinga, Lethem and stealing 40 cell phones valued at $640,000, one case of boxer shorts valued at $72,000; 200 T-Jerseys valued at $160,000; one cartoon of tablets valued at $55,000; 20 8GB pen drives valued at $50,000; 40 2GB memory cards valued at $60,000; 50 1GB memory cards valued at $170,000; 80 adapters valued at $40,000; nine dozen women underwear valued at $86,400; six carburetors valued at $36,000; one and a half carton of Duracell batteries valued at $216,000; one pair football boots valued at $4000; 20 Nike boots valued at $70,000; and one pair Ryder sandals valued at $6000. The total value of items stolen was $1,665,400, property of Kampta Narine.
Police Prosecutor Corporal Bharat Mangru said that Narine, the proprietor of the said store, took a trip to Brazil and left his general store in the care of his brother-in-law. The convict was employed there as a sales clerk.
The court heard that the caretaker, who secured the store the night before, returned on the morning of November 12 and soon discovered a breakage on the southern roof of the building.
Prosecutor Mangru told the court that the defendant was contacted and when arrested he made an oral confession. The court further heard that at the police station, he provided a written caution statement and admitted to committing the offence.
Mangru added that the articles are not yet retrieved and further investigations will be conducted.
DaSilva, in court, admitted to the crime but told the court, “Everything right that he read but is nah all ah that I carry.”
When asked to record the items he had stolen, DaSilva said “Ah carry six phones, fourteen batteries, one inverter, one pair of boots, one sandal, two MP3s, two GPS, six watch, six rubber chains, two flash drives, two memory cards and 2 black stone bottle of alcohol.”
The 20 year-old told the court that he is an orphan and that his family has no knowledge of his arrest.
DaSilva told the court that after he removed the items he was approached by two boys, who armed with a pistol and cutlass, claimed to be police and relieved him of the items.
When the Chief Magistrate asked the young man to reveal the reason for his actions, the young man stated “I wuk out dis plan. Ah wuk with them fuh three weeks and I thought ah de getting pay weekly but he never pay me since I work with he. He does cuss me.”
The Chief Magistrate stated that she chose to sentence Da Silva on what he stated and accepted to have stolen.
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