Four suspected car thieves appear in court

Nov 14, 2019 News

An alleged gang of car thieves, comprising three taxi drivers and a mechanic, was yesterday remanded to prison following charges for allegedly stealing three vehicles to sell as spare parts.The men were hauled before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court where the joint charges were read to them and they denied all.
The defendants are Kurt Shepherd, a 32-year-old taxi driver of Kuru Kururu, Soesdyke-Linden Highway; Justin DeSantos, an 18-year-old mechanic of 47, Pearl, East Bank Demerara; Joe Singh, a 25-year-old taxi driver of Kuru Kururu, Soesdyke-Linden Highway; and Miguel Mattadin, a 25-year-old taxi driver of Kuru Kururu, Soesdyke-Linden Highway.
It was alleged that on October 12, 2019 at ‘C’ Field Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, the men while being in company of each other, stole motorcar PHH 3889 valued $700,000 property of Dwayne Simon.
The second charge read that on September 23, 2019 at South Vigilance, East Coast Demerara, while in company of each other, they stole motorcar PFF 7090 valued at $500,000, property of Oswald Bento.
Finally, it was alleged that on September 18, 2019 at Diamond, East Bank Demerara, the men while being in the company of each other, stole one Pitbull minibus valued at $4.1M property of Orlando Angus.
Attorney-at-law Dexter Todd represented Singh and Paul Fung-a-fat represented DeSantos. The other two men were unrepresented.
The lawyers made applications for bail to be granted to their clients while indicating that the men are not flight risks and promised that they will return to court for their matters.
However, Police Prosecutor Gordon Mansfield objected to bail being granted based on the serious nature of the allegation, that investigations are still ongoing and that there are still a number of vehicle parts and cars that need to be identified by the owners.
The prosecutor further noted that more charges will be brought against the men. He went on to say that Shepherd and Mattadin have similar matters in the Providence Magistrate’s Court.
The men were remanded to prison until their next court appearance on November 18, 2019.
According to the facts of the case, on November 6, 2019 police ranks acting on information, went to Kuru Kururu on the Soesdyke/Linden Highway, where they made contact with DeSantos and Shepherd.
A search of the property which is the residence of Shepherd revealed several motorcar parts. As a result, the men were arrested and taken into custody.
Further investigations and a search of another location led to the recovery of several other vehicles. This subsequently led to the arrest of Mattadin and Singh, who aided police in recovering a number of vehicle parts at an area in Kuru Kururu.

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