A father of six yesterday appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on a charge of fraudulent conversion to which he pleaded not guilty.
It is alleged that Shaun Garraway, between January 8 and 19 at Lethem, being solely entrusted with Banks DIH products, valued at $1.1 million, committed fraud.
It was agreed that the defendant would sell the products and return the proceeds to Kevin Jordan but instead he is alleged to have fraudulently converted the proceeds of the sale to his own use and benefit.
Attorney-at-law Gregory Gaskin representing the 38-year-old man told the court that his client had a commercial transaction and the virtual complainant was the one who took the goods to his client’s home. The VC thereafter took the police to the man’s shop where the goods were found. Gaskin asked that his client be granted reasonable bail on the grounds that he has no previous convictions.
Prosecutor Stephen Telford, however, objected to bail stating that the defendant at the station had said that he was willing to give back the goods but instead attempted to flee to Brazil during the time given to return the goods. Telford said if bail should be granted to Garraway, he may seek to escape the jurisdiction. Sewnarine-Beharry granted the man bail in the sum of $100,000 and transferred the matter to the Lethem Magistrates’ Court for statements on March 8.
