Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry granted $10,000 bail to a 29-year-old man accused of stealing a lamp from his father’s car, when he was arraigned in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on Friday.
Rakesh Sawh denied that on July 4 at Georgetown he stole one car lamp valued at $12,000, property of Rakesh Sawh Sr, his father. The elder Sawh lamented to the court that his son has caused him and his mother a lot of trouble, saying that he is a drug addict. The man and his wife who were both in court, pleaded with the magistrate to order rehabilitation services for the man.
The unrepresented Sawh maintained his innocence saying that he has witnesses who can testify that he