A Port Kaituma youth was yesterday charged with stealing over half a million in valuables in a break-in.
It is alleged that between June 17th and June 18th, 2018, Hilbert De Souza, an 18-year-old miner, broke and entered the house of Diane David and stole a gold chain valued at $460,000, three gold bangles valued $30,000 and $15,000 in cash, all of which amounted to a total of $505,000.
De Souza, with tears in his eyes, pleaded not guilty to the charge when he appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in Georgetown.