A miner was yesterday granted bail in the sum of $45,000 when he appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry charged with stealing $45,000 worth of items in Mahdia.
Kevin Moore, 39, of 17 President’s College Road, Golden Grove, East Coast Demerara, accepted that he stole one cellphone valued at $8,000, two pounds of cannabis leaves valued at $15,000 and one box of bamboo on January 15, at 111 Miles Mahdia, property of Shondel Chesney.
Moore, who said he is a miner, explained to Magistrate Sewnarine-Beharry that he was selling a SIM card he got from a friend, who was recently released from jail, when the police intercepted him. He said he was told that the item he was selling was the property of Chesney. Moore, after explaining himself, begged the Chief Magistrate to be lenient with him. “The remand does be too long. So I begging yuh for a lil thing,” Moore uttered.
Subsequently, the Chief Magistrate granted Moore $45,000 bail with no objection from Prosecutor Michael Grant. The case was transferred to the Mahdia Magistrate’s Court, where it will be called again on April 14.