Accused of fraudulently converting $360,000 entrusted to him by his former employer to his own use, mason Quincy Smith on Thursday appeared before Chief Magis-trate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry and was granted bail.
It is alleged that between September 1 to 13 last year, Smith made use of the cash when he was under instructions to deliver it to someone else. Smith, of Lot 4 Vryheid’s Lust, denied the charge and in what his attorney called a “complete defence,” the court heard that the cash was exchanged as part of an