Teenaged male sex worker remanded on theft, damage charges

Apr 16, 2014 News

A city Magistrate yesterday postponed sentencing a teenaged male sex worker who at his first court hearing confessed to stealing a cellular phone from one of his “clients” and damaging a gutter at the East La Penitence Police outpost a few days ago.
Following the lengthy explanation of the 16-year-old, Magistrate Ann McLennan indicated that she will hand down her decision tomorrow (April 17) after she receives a probation report.
The teen appeared yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court charged with simple larceny and malicious damage to property. He pleaded guilty with explanation to both charges when they were read to him.
The accused told the Magistrate that because he “didn’t want no long talking” he, on April 12, “took” Burghman King’s cellular phone in Georgetown as payment for prostitution services he had rendered.
He admitted too that he climbed on the roof of the East La Penitence Police outpost, swung on their $3,900 gutter and broke it on his way down.
Addressing the Magistrate on account of the first charge, the teen said “I went to the police station to report a matter and they refused to take it, so I go up on the roof to get them to take my report. That’s when the gutter break.”
“Your worship, I was prostituting on the road and the man and he friend pick me up and I went and ‘fare’ with them. When we done, he seh he ain’t got money and got to go to the bank and I tell he “look, I ain’t able with no long talking” I gun hold onto the phone.”
“I lef’ and some boys rob me of the phone. It was three bandits who take away the phone from me.”
At this point, after already listening to State Prosecutor Deniro Jones and the accused, the Magistrate indicated that she would defer sentencing for a probation report, and sent out a request for a Probation Officer.
However, the teen continued “Your worship I not finish speak. After I was in the car ‘faring’ with the man, he put out he friend by Cuffy (the 1763 Monument) and put hickey on me neck and all sorta thing. Then when the story reach to the police officer, they gave a different story.”
“They now ‘pick-up’ and seh how I did drinking beer. Your worship, they know I is a gay so dem officer tell dem man wah fuh seh at the station. Every time I go to the station they always refuse to take a report.”
“One of me cousin come and ask for bail and they refuse. This officer always try to put a charge on me.”
The Magistrate at this point, indicated to the young man that if he has been facing those difficulties with making police reports, he should go to the Brickdam Police Station and file his reports.
The matter was first called in the morning but was stood down pending the arrival of the probation officer.
During the afternoon session, the Magistrate asked the Social Worker to prepare a probation report for the next court date on April 17 when she will hand down her ruling.
The teen was remanded.

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