Oswald Banes, accused of breaking into the storage bond of his former employer and stealing a quantity of copper and aluminium, was on Thursday granted $100,000 bail by acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.
It is alleged that Banes, on February 23, at Georgetown, broke and entered the bond of Nazim Pashaw and stole therein 50 lbs of copper and 325 lbs of aluminium, valued $159,750. Banes, a labourer, of 366 West Ruimveldt Housing Scheme, denied the charge when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.
Police Corporal Venetta Pindar told the court that on the said day Pashaw, a scrap metal dealer, was awakened by sounds coming from his