Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson remanded to prison a man who claimed that he was being falsely accused of break and enter and larceny because the virtual complainant (VC) disapproved of his relationship with his daughter.
It is alleged that on June 30 at Georgetown, Terrence Forde, a labourer of 173 Campbellville Housing Scheme, broke and entered the dwelling house of Edwin Nunes and stole therein one grass cutter valued $160,000, property of the said Nunes.
Forde pleaded not guilty to the charge when he appeared in the Georgetown Magis-trate’s Court on Thursday. In his defence, he told the court that he is engaged in a relationship with the VC’s daughter and the charges stem from the fact that the VC does not approve of the relationship. “Meh worship, he aint want me with he daughter and duh is why he saying but I thief he thing, but duh is nat true,” Forde said.
Meanwhile, the VC told the court that he had never seen the defendant before the day in question.
According to Nunes, his grandchildren and had just exited the yard when the defendant seized the opportunity to gain access and remove the machine.
He further added that it was his son who had seen the defendant with the machine and raised an alarm, which led to Forde’s arrest.
Forde was ordered to appear in court on Friday.
