Three granted bail for burgling overseas-based Guyanese home

Apr 03, 2014 News

Three men accused of burgling almost $3.7M in property from the residence of an overseas-based Guyana over a 13-day period, faced a city Magistrate yesterday, and were granted bail to the tune of $350,000.
Patrick Dundas, 21; Leon McKenzie, 41; and Michael Chabrol, 34, were brought before Magistrate Faith McGusty at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to be jointly indicted on a break and enter and larceny charge.
They are charged with breaking and entering the house of Hemdutt Kumar at Garden of Eden, East Bank Demerara, some time between March 16 and March 29 and making off with $3,690,000 worth of items from the store.
The items stolen included a generator, two grass cutters, an electrical saw, three water pumps, 3 poultry fans, a Close Circuit Television (CCTV) system, two ornaments as well as pieces of jewellery and other items.
The three men pleaded not guilty and later submitted bail applications through their defence attorneys.
Sergeant Tracy-May Gittens prosecuted the case on behalf of the state. She explained that Kumar is an overseas-based Guyanese who left a caretaker in charge of his house.
She said that during the period of time mentioned in the charge, the accused managed to break into the premises several times and steal the items.
According to Gittens, on March 29, they were caught during another break in on the house and arrested by police ranks. The two ornaments were reportedly found in their possession.
Gittens indicated to the court that Dundas confessed to the crime while the other two denied the claims. Subsequent investigations led to the charge being instituted against the three men.
In offering her objections to bail, the Prosecutor cited that the trio has other matters in court and urged the court to consider denying them their pre-trial liberty. She said too that the investigations are ongoing.
His objections, however, were met with arguments from Dundas’s lawyer who submitted a bail application on his behalf.
Meanwhile, Attorney-at-Law Melvin Duke said that his client is a taxi driver who on March 29 was solicited to transport a young lady to a family’s house. He said that she then picked up two other men on the way.
He said the three called a Canter truck and went into the house when the police arrived claiming that the house was broken into.
Duke claimed that his client had no knowledge of the alleged crime.
Attorney-at-Law Paul Fung-a-Fat also made bail application on behalf of McKenzie and Chabrol.
In response to their applications for a court bond, Magistrate McGusty granted bail in the sum of $350,000 each. The case is set to be called before Magistrate Leron Daly at the Providence Magistrate’s Court on June 4.

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