Nine months jail for cell phone thieves

Cheddi Bacchus

Two men were yesterday sentenced to nine months imprisonment each for stealing cellular phone, when they appeared before Magistrate Leron Daly at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on two separate charges.

In one case, Cheddi Bacchus was alleged to have stolen a BlackBerry Torch phone valued $140,000 property of Junior Persaud on November 16, 2012 at Bourda Market.

Police Prosecutor Jumo Nichols proved to the court, by using Persaud and his employee’s statements,