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Guyana Stores burglary accused begs to be charged for narcotics
One of the two men accused of burgling almost $4M in property from the Guyana Stores Limited, Water Street, Georgetown Branch during the Mashramani weekend, yesterday persistently begged the Chief Magistrate to charge him for the illicit substance he threw “in the bush” instead of burglary.
Adrian Daley and Troy Harris were brought before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to be jointly indicted on a break and enter and larceny charge.
Accused Guyana Stores burglars
The police claim that the duo broke into Guyana Stores sometime between February 22 and February 25 and made off with $3,825,840 worth of items from the store. The items included cash, 19 flat screen television sets, remote controls, microwaves, curtain sets and curling irons.
However, when charged, the two men pleaded not guilty and later submitted bail applications.
State Prosecutor, Inspector Michael Grant, stated that about 14:30 hours last Friday (February 22), the manager secured the store, but when the establishment was opened on February 25, the items were missing.
The matter was reported and acting on information received, police ranks later ventured to a house where they made contact with five persons.
As soon as they arrived, the five attempted to escape but Grant said that the police pursued them and managed to capture Daley and Harris. They were then taken back to the house where several of the stolen articles were recovered. They were apprehended. Subsequent investigations led to the charge being instituted against the two men.
The Prosecutor opined that they are flight risks who should be held in custody. Grant stated too that the serious nature of the offence was also sufficient grounds for bail to be refused. His objections, however, were met with arguments from Harris’s lawyer who submitted a bail application on his behalf.
The Attorney said that his client was not found with any of the items but was merely at the “wrong place at the wrong time.”
He refuted claims that his client was a flight risk, since according to him, Harris was placed on $20,000 station bail and had willingly reported to the station the next day when the charge was instituted against him.
Meanwhile, Daley who was unrepresented by legal counsel told the court that he was walking down the road when police ranks approached him. He said as he noticed them approaching, “I throw the weed I had in a small black bag in the bush. Mah worship I nah gun lie to yuh”.
“Ah throw away de thing when I see the police coming to me. I telling yuh the truth yuh worship, so you could charge me for the weed, mah worship. I din break and enter Guyana Stores,” he begged.
In response to their applications for a court bond, the Chief Magistrate granted bail in the sum of $300,000 each. The case was adjourned to March 2.
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