Two men who were accused of breaking and entering a shop and stealing articles valued more than $100,000, were yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with the offence.
Compton Fernandes, a 47-year-old cleaner, and Latchman Sukhan, a car driver, denied the charge, which alleges that between May 20 and 21, 2019, at Albouystown, they broke and entered the shop of Shanelle Prince and stole two gas bottles valued $17,000 and a Samsung music set valued $96,000.
The charge was read by Magistrate Faith McGusty in Georgetown.
Prosecutor Seon Blackman objected to bail being granted to the two defendants, citing the prevalence of the offence, the punishment the offence attracts and the fact that both defendants gave different addresses to the court and the police.
Blackman stated that on the day in question, a relative of Prince’s was passing in the vicinity of her shop when he saw the shop open. After entering the shop, the said relative discovered the two men and quickly raised an alarm. Fernandes and Sukhan were subsequently arrested.
The magistrate, after hearing the prosecutor’s case, remanded the accused to prison until June 5, 2019.
