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Labourer fined for stealing mats

Dec 11, 2015 Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News

Two men accused of stealing mats from Kissoon’s Furniture Store, were yesterday arraigned before City Magistrate Ann McLennan to answer a charge of simple larceny.
One of them was fined after admitting to the offence, while the other was released on bail, after denying involvement in the crime.
Appearing in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts, were Marvin Agard, 20, of Queen Street, South Cummingsburg and Selwyn Gill, 48, of 63 North East La Penitence, Georgetown. They are accused of breaking into Kissoon’s Furniture Store and stealing four mats valued at $2,600—property of Hemraj Kissoon. The incident allegedly occurred on December 5, at Main Street, Georgetown.
Gill pleaded guilty to the charge and told the Magistrate that he saw the mats on the ground and picked them up. He claimed that he never broke into the store and merely showed the mats to Agard, after he saw him passing on Main Street.
He was fined $20,000 with an alternative of four weeks imprisonment.
Agard, who pleaded not guilty to the charge, was represented by Attorney Paul Fung-a- Fat. The lawyer requested that his client be granted bail because he has no knowledge of the incident.
Fung-a-Fat explained that on the day in question, his client was at an empty lot next to the business place, when he heard shots being fired. He pointed out that Gill told the presidential guard who was firing the shots that his client did not steal anything.
Agard was granted bail to the tune of $10,000 and ordered to return to court on January 6, before Magistrate Annette Singh.
Police Prosecutor, Corporal Deniro Jones informed the court that on the date in question, the presidential guard was performing duties when he saw the men in the compound with the articles in their hands.
Jones related that an alarm was raised and the police were summoned to apprehend the men. According to the prosecutor, the men gained access to the premises by cutting a large whole in a tarpaulin.

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