Two months after he was freed from jail after having served ten years for murder, Mohamed Ali was fined $70,000 by Magistrate Judy Latchman after he pleaded guilty to two charges on Thursday.
When Ali first appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry charged with simple larceny and making use of threatening language, he pleaded guilty. However, after the court heard his explanation, the magistrate recorded a not guilty plea and the matter was transferred to Magistrate Latchman’s court.
When the matter was later called before Magistrate Latchman, the man restated his guilty plea, while explaining that he did not want to waste the court’s time. As a result, he was fined $20,000 on the threatening language charge and $50,000 on the simple larceny charge, with the alternative of six months imprisonment on each charge to be served consecutively.
Police Prosecutor Denise Booker told the court that on April 16, at the Meadowbank Wharf, Ali stole a kerosene stove, a gallon of rice and clothing, all to the total value of $29,960. The items were the property of Hubert Dash, a fisherman. Dash secured the items on a trolley and left. He subsequently noticed that they had been removed and later saw Ali with them. On April 17, he approached Ali about the items and the man refused to return them and then threatened to chop Dash.
