Man get two years for break-in
An elderly man who broke and entered another’s house and stole $326,000 worth of household items was sentenced to two years in prison when he appeared before the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
Ramcharran Arjune initially pleaded not guilty to the charge of break and enter and larceny when it was read to him, but later changed his plea to guilty telling the court that he couldn’t afford bail and wanted the matter finished.
On June 15 Arjune broke and entered the dwelling of Mark Hutson and stole a quantity of the man’s property worth $326,900.
“Me nah break no way,” Arjune told the court. He said that on the day in question he was walking along the road when he saw two buckets and decided to pick them up. The defendant said Hutson approached him and told him that the bucket was his. Arjune said he told the virtual complainant (VC) that “Ah nah you bucket, you bucket gah fuh deh where you deh.”
According to Arjune the VC began to beat him and a number of other persons joined him. However, Hutson said that on the said day, Father’s Day, he was out and received a call at about 12 pm informing him that someone had broken into his house and was caught by the neighbours.
“Missy this man ah lie all over,” Arjune told the magistrate. Principal Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle told Arjune that she was entering a not guilty plea for him but he objected. “Me guilty missy, me guilty,” he said.
Reports are that on the said day Arjune was seen by the VC’s neighbours who thought that he was doing some work for the man. However, upon investigating they realized that Arjune was stealing the man’s things. The defendant was making his second trip, fetching the stolen items in two large buckets, when he was confronted and caught by neighbours.
Arjune was sentenced to two years imprisonment.
