A young man yesterday blamed hard times for him robbing a 15-year-old of a cellphone and he was sentenced to three months in jail for the crime.
Maintenance worker Kerry Sears, 21, stood before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan, who read him a charge which stated that on October 28, at Aubrey Barker Road, he robbed a juvenile of a phone, valued at $19,900, and at the time of, or immediately after, used personal violence.
Sears pleaded guilty to the crime.
Police prosecutor Arvin Moore told the court that the complainant was standing on the road, waiting to catch a bus, when he was confronted by Sears, who choked him and took his phone and escaped. A report was later made and Sears was arrested and placed on an identification parade, where he was positively identified.