Accused in GPL million-dollar burglary get bail

Break and enter and larceny accused Devon Brown and Simon Primo were yesterday each granted a $75,000 bail release.

Brown and Primo had been remanded by Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry on December 30, after being charged with breaking and entering the supervisory room of a Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) branch at Sophia on the previous day and stealing two computers and a printer valuing $1 million in total.

The court had also been told that the two men led police on a high speed chase in the city before being caught.

They both had pleaded not guilty to the charge.

Magistrate Ann McLennan granted bail yesterday at the Georgetown Magistratesโ€™ Courts, where Brownโ€™s attorney renewed his application for his client to be granted his pretrial liberty.

The two men are to make their next court appearance on January 16.