“Your worship I got ah serious drug problem and I want to apologise for my actions”, were the words of Ricardo De France, 24, of 90 Laluni Street,
Cheap NFL Jerseys China, Queenstown, after he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson on Tuesday.Between August 15 and October 17, last, De France broke and entered the dwelling place of Ferdinand Bacchus and stole a quantity of articles valuing $158,000. He pleaded guilty.The drug addict then said that he deserves to go to jail and serve his time for his actions. When asked by the magistrate how he got rid of the items, he said that he sold all the items and got between $40,000 and $50,000.Police Prosecutor Sherwin Matthews said that a cell phone was recovered. He further noted that Bacchus shared the bottom flat of the home and De France and his grandmother occupied the upper flat.He told the court that on the day in question,
Cheap NFL Jerseys Wholesale, Bacchus secured his home and left. When he returned the items were discovered missing. The VC made a report at the Alberttown station and the defendant was arrested.Ranks at the police station said that De France admitted to breaking into the house and he even told them how he did it. The prosecutor also noted that this was not the first time that the defendant had stolen from the VC.? He added that he did so on several occasions and his grandmother made restitution on his behalf.De France was given the maximum sentence of three years by the presiding magistrate.Also appearing before the said magistrate was Esan Bacchus, 25, of 14 Pouderoyen. He was denied bail.It is alleged that on Friday 25 July, last, Bacchus, in the company of others, robbed Liloutie Ramdeo of a Blackberry cell phone,
Cheap NFL jerseys China, along with other items valuing $282,000. It is also alleged that on Sunday July 27, last,
Wholesale China Jerseys, while being in lawful custody, pending a criminal charge,
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Cheap Jerseys China, of one cell phone valued at $40,000 and $12,000 local currency.The charge also read that he used personal violence against Mahadeo.The accused was represented by attorney-at-law Adrian Thompson, who in a bid to secure bail for his client told the court that he is employed at Cummings Electrical as a contractor.He noted that the police went across to the West Bank of Demerara and arrested him, but the ranks did not show their identification badges and residents mistook them for bandits.He added that his client did not escape from custody because he was never detained at the Vreed-en-Hoop Police Station.The lawyer stated that no ID parade was conducted. He also expressed that the police are only now charging his client for these alleged acts, which were committed months ago.However, Police Prosecutor Sherwin Matthews noted that the police ranks were properly dressed and also the defendant gave the police different addresses.He further told the court that the defendant is a flight risk because they were trying to locate him for months, and that was why the charges were only now being read to him.Bail was denied. The matter is set to reconvene on October 31. Ricardo De France
