A maid was yesterday accused of stealing $5M in cash and jewellery from her employer.
Yvette Sookraj, 40, of 330 Martyr’s Ville, Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara was charged in a city court with stealing the cash and jewellery between May 13th and May 25th from Basil Dyal.
She pleaded not guilty.
Prosecutor Shawn Gonsalves said that the woman was employed with Dyal as a maid.
Dyal had secured his cash and jewellery and left on an overseas trip. Upon his return, he made checks and discovered the items missing.
A report was made and a check of Sookraj’s bag unearthed $100,000.
But Sookraj’s attorney said that her client was innocent and pleaded for reasonable bail to be granted to her given her profession.
Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry then set bail at $100,000 on the grounds that Sookraj lodge her passport with the court and that she report to the police every two weeks.
She will make her next court appearance on June 12th.
